Stephen Hero

Name: Stephen Hero
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ISBN: 9780811200745

ISBN-10: 0811200744

ISBN-13: 9780811200745

Edition: 1963 (Revised)

Authors: James Joyce, John J. Slocum, Herbert Cahoon, John J. Slocum

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It was originally rejected on grounds of indecency#xE2;#xAC;#x1D;so the story goes#xE2;#xAC;#x1D; by twenty publishers, whereupon Joyce threw the manuscript in the fire, but Mrs. Joyce rescued several unburnt portions. Although Joyce later entirely rewrote his novel of a young Irishman's rebellion against church, country and family, this early version is beautifully composed, the mood being more discursive and personal than in A Portrait. Many episodes later cut for the sake of good novelistic form, especially autobiographical episodes of sensual and family life, are fully presented, with some of the most vivacious dialogue Joyce ever wrote. Between them, the two versions give us a clear…

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 1963
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Publication date: 6/17/1963
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 254
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.088
Language: English