Stephen Hero

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• FreakLegion · Apr 13, 2015 · Mentions

  …tragedy of Portrait is that so many people read it as if it were simple autobiography. It isn't. Stephen is based on the young Joyce, yes, and in the original draft and notes (mostly destroyed, published as Stephen Hero) there's a saccharine sincerity that fits your sense of the book a little better. But that's not the finished Portrait. In Portrait Joyce makes fun of himself. He's critical of his youthful exuberance.…

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• petre · Mar 7, 2024 · Mentions

  They probably wanted to publish the work but couldn't do it, so they left it up to chance. If one really wants to destroy their work, they throw it into the fire like James Joyce did with Stephen Hero, or what became Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Fortunately his wife Nora was quick enough to save it, helped by his sister. I tried to read it but only made it to chapter three.

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