The city, modernism, and aesthetic theory in 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.'(Joyce and the Police: A Special Issue)

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James Joyce in 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' implies a semblance of modernity before the advent of modernism, and Stephen's aesthetics must be viewed in this context. His self-contained aesthetic theory grows from his apathy towards to the pornographic city and results in his feeling of stasis. His existence in the city is threatened by the city's institutionalized anonymity. Stephen's self-surveillance is his natural response to the social recognition of beauty, while his urban fantasies follow his Catholic upbringing.

Modernism (Literature), Aesthetics, Modern, Modern aesthetics

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James Joyce and the English vice

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The English vice in James Joyce's texts represents the flagellant pornography prevalent in England in the late Victorian era. The novels reflect the contradictions implicit in erotic homosexual and heterosexual flagellation. Seen in the broader social context, Joyce's English vice reveals homoerotic gratification that is fuelled by patriarchal dominance. These dichotomies depict the modernist sexuality of the late Victorian age and throw light on current views on male masochism and perverse sexual orientations.

Portrayals, Society, Literature, Literature and society, Masochism, Flagellants and flagellation, Flagellants, Erotic literature

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Batlike souls and penile temptresses: gender inversions in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

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The gender inversions common in early modernism are evident in 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.' Joyce adds to the binary distinction between sexes and invents literary phrases to describe them, such as batlike souls. His use of cross identities represents a significant reinterpretation of the gender distinctions and sexuality then in vogue. At the turn of the century, inversion was the popular model of homosexuality, and the novel has contributed to knowledge of the complexity of such desires.

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