This Norton Critical Edition includes: 

Hans Walter Gabler's acclaimed text of Joyce's 1916 coming-of-age novel, accompanied by Gabler's introduction and textual notes.  

Preface and revised and expanded explanatory annotations by John Paul Riquelme.  

Other writings by James Joyce closely related to A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, new to the Second Edition.   

Nine illustrations.   

"Backgrounds and Contexts," including a wealth of materials, topically organized: "Political Nationalism: Irish History, 1798-1916," "The Irish Literary and Cultural Revival," "Religion," and "Aesthetic Backgrounds."  

Twelve major critical assessments, seven of them new to the Second Edition.  

A selected bibliography.  

About the Series

Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format-annotated text, contexts, and criticism-helps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.  

"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a work essential to a complete understanding of the Modernist movement. The Norton Critical Edition presents Joyce's novel impeccably edited by Hans Walter Gabler and a series of background and critical essays astutely chosen by John Paul Riquelme. It will enhance any high school, college, or graduate course in which it is taught." ?Michael Patrick Gillespie, Florida International University