{"product_id":"a-portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-man-hardcover-1","title":"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Joyce\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJessica Hische\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom A to Z, the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique hardcovers--featuring cover art by Jessica Hische \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new series of twenty-six collectible and hardcover editions, each with a type cover showcasing a gorgeously illustrated letter of the alphabet. In a design collaboration between Jessica Hische and Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley, the series features unique cover art by Hische, a superstar in the world of type design and illustration, whose work has appeared everywhere from Tiffany \u0026amp; Co. to Wes Anderson's recent film \u003ci\u003eMoonrise Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e to Penguin's own bestsellers \u003ci\u003eCommitted \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRules of Civility\u003c\/i\u003e. With exclusive designs that have never before appeared on Hische's hugely popular Daily Drop Cap blog, the Penguin Drop Caps series debuted with an 'A' for Jane Austen's \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e, a 'B' for Charlotte Bronte's \u003ci\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e, and a 'C' for Willa Cather's \u003ci\u003eMy Antonia\u003c\/i\u003e. It continues with more perennial classics, perfect to give as elegant gifts or to showcase on your own shelves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ is for Joyce.\u003c\/b\u003e From its chronicling of youthful days at Clongowes Wood school to the radical questioning of all convention and the desire \"to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race,\" James Joyce's highly autobiographical \u003ci\u003eA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man\u003c\/i\u003e portrays Stephen Dedalus in his Dublin upbringing. In doing so, it provides an oblique self-portrait of young Joyce himself. At its center lie questions of origin and source, authority and authorship, and the relationship of an artist to his family, culture, and race. Exuberantly inventive in style, \u003ci\u003eA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man\u003c\/i\u003e subtly and beautifully orchestrates the patterns of quotation and repetition instrumental in its hero's quest to create his own character, his own language, life and art: \"to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defense the only arms I allow myself to use--silence, exile, and cunning.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Joyce\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Dublin on February 2, 1882, the oldest of ten children. Though the family was poor, he was educated at the best Jesuit schools and then at University College, Dublin. Following his graduation in 1902, Joyce went to Paris, where he devoted himself to writing poems and prose sketches until he was recalled to Dublin in April 1903 due to the fatal illness of his mother. There he met a young woman from Galway, Nora Barnacle, and persuaded her to go with him to the Continent, where he planned to teach English, and in 1905 they moved to Trieste. They had two children, a son and a daughter. His first book, the poems of \u003ci\u003eChamber Music\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in London in 1907. When Italy entered the First World War, Joyce moved to Zurich, where he remained until 1919. During this period he published \u003ci\u003eA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man \u003c\/i\u003e(1916) and \u003ci\u003eExiles\u003c\/i\u003e, a play (1918). Soon after the armistice, Joyce moved to Paris to arrange for the publication of \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e, a book which he had been working on since 1914. It was published on his birthday, in 1922, and brought him international fame. The same year he began work on \u003ci\u003eFinnegans Wake\u003c\/i\u003e, and though much harassed by eye troubles, and deeply affected by his daughter's mental illness, he completed and published that book in 1939. After the outbreak of the Second World War, he went to live in Unoccupied France, then managed to secure permission in December 1940 to return to Zurich. Joyce died there six weeks later, on January 13, 1941, and was buried in the Fluntern Cemetery. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJessica Hische\u003c\/b\u003e is a letterer, illustrator, typographer, and web designer. She currently serves on the Type Directors Club board of directors, has been named a \u003ci\u003eForbes Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \"30 under 30\" in art and design as well as an ADC Young Gun and one of \u003ci\u003ePrint Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e's \"New Visual Artists\". She has designed for Wes Anderson, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, Tiffany \u0026amp; Co, Penguin Books and many others. 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