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A Quick Tip by s16t18

Jun 2, 2010

by s16t18
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Yawn. Joyce is so drawn out.

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Quick Tip by cyclone_march. February 22, 2011

A Quick Tip by cyclone_march

It is a classic more for the form than anything else. Were it not the "first" "reinvention" of stream of consciousness writing, it would just be considered a poorly organized diary of a self-important writer.

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Quick Tip by iamstepha. July 15, 2010

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A Quick Tip by iamstepha

I had to read this for a Literature class and really struggled with the stream of consciousness narration. I understand the redeeming value of the style of this book, but it wasn't love at first read.

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Quick Tip by ColoradoWriter. June 16, 2010

A Quick Tip by ColoradoWriter

One of the first books of his I ever read. I loved this book.

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review by SteveDiBartola. January 01, 2010

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"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" - Joyce's classic story of an Irish Catholic education

I’ve tried to read Joyce’s “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” at least 2 or 3 times in the past 30 years and finally succeeded. It’s not a very welcoming book for contemporary readers, unless (like me) you suffered a Roman Catholic education. My Catholic grade school was more like the one depicted in the 2008 movie “Doubt” by John Patrick Shanley than an Irish boarding school like Clongowes, but I did experience Jesuits in college. The novel is about … more

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