A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Penguin Drop Caps)

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Penguin Drop Caps)

From A to Z, the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique hardcoversâ€”featuring cover art by Jessica Hische

It 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 & Co. to Wes Anderson's recent film Moonrise Kingdom to Penguin's own bestsellers Committed and Rules of Civility. 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 Pride and Prejudice, a 'B' for Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, and a 'C' for Willa Cather's My Antonia. ItÂ continues with more perennial classics, perfect to give as elegant gifts or toÂ showcase on your own shelves.

J is for Joyce.Â From its chronicling of youthful days at Clongowes Wood school to the radical questioning of all convention and the desire â€œto forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race,â€ James Joyceâ€™s highly autobiographical A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 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, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man subtly and beautifully orchestrates the patterns of quotation and repetition instrumental in its heroâ€™s quest to create his own character, his own language, life and art: â€œto 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 useâ€”silence, exile, and cunning.â€
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Books
Binding Hardcover
PartNumber 9780143124313
Color Celadon/Pale green
Height 7.79526
Length 5.43306
Weight 0.7385485777
Width 0.90551
ReleaseDate 2013-05-07
NumberOfItems 1

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin
Manufacturer	Penguin Books
Binding	Hardcover
PartNumber	9780143124313
Color	Celadon/Pale green
Height	7.79526
Length	5.43306
Weight	0.7385485777
Width	0.90551
ReleaseDate	2013-05-07
NumberOfItems	1

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Penguin Drop Caps)

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