Includes bibliographical references.

"This second Critical Edition of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man features Hans Walter Gabler's acclaimed 1993 version of James Joyce's profound modernist story with explanatory notes. The narrative explores the creative and religious evolution of Stephen Dedalus who struggles to find common ground with the conventions of Catholic and Irish life. A new "Other Writings by Joyce" section now provides further context by offering Joyce's other published works adjacent to the main text. The "Backgrounds and Contexts" section approaches the literary backdrop of the story's conception with selected excerpts that demonstrate the climate of Irish political nationalism, religion, and other aesthetic ideologies at the time. "Criticism" now presents an almost completely new repertoire of modern analyses. A selected bibliography is also included"-- Provided by publisher.