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A review by anders_winroth
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
5.0
Like it so far, sometimes I like it a lot.
But is it a typo on p. 18, line 7 of the Wordsworth Classics edition: "Do you know the other *was* to ask it" (for "way"). I would think so, but I understand that with Joyce, one should not take such things for granted.
Oh, where is the critical apparatus when one needs it?
The editor's explicatory end notes can be seriously sincere in a way that is wickedly funny:
80. Smugging: Schoolboy homosexual activity.
I am sure Joyce in his grave appreciates the propriety of the tone of this note. And I am curious how many readers had not figured out the meaning of the word for themselves!
But is it a typo on p. 18, line 7 of the Wordsworth Classics edition: "Do you know the other *was* to ask it" (for "way"). I would think so, but I understand that with Joyce, one should not take such things for granted.
Oh, where is the critical apparatus when one needs it?
The editor's explicatory end notes can be seriously sincere in a way that is wickedly funny:
80. Smugging: Schoolboy homosexual activity.
I am sure Joyce in his grave appreciates the propriety of the tone of this note. And I am curious how many readers had not figured out the meaning of the word for themselves!