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 organised: 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 chronology and 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, analyse 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.