Joyce’s revolutionary novel depicting the personal and intellectual struggles of Stephen Dedalus as a schoolboy and UCD student was published in New York on 29 December 1916. Personally 1916 was a talismanic year for Joyce but he was also keenly aware of its political importance and worked determinedly to ensure that his text appeared in this key year. A Portrait was in effect Joyce’s contribution … Continue reading Reading James Joyce’s A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man 1916-2016