Emma Clery

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Emma Clery is a minor yet symbolically important figure in James Joyce’s novel "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man," representing Stephen Dedalus’s youthful idealization of romantic love and feminine beauty.

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instanceOf character in a novel ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
appearsAs idealized schoolgirl figure ⓘ
appearsIn A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man ⓘ
associatedWith Stephen Dedalus ⓘ
createdBy James Joyce ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Stephen Dedalus series ⓘ
firstPublishedIn A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
importance minor but symbolically significant character ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
linkedTheme Catholic notions of purity ⓘ
aesthetic idealization ⓘ
ideal versus real love ⓘ
literaryPeriod modernist literature ⓘ
medium prose fiction ⓘ
narrativeFunction embodies Stephen’s early concept of the ideal woman ⓘ
nationality Irish ⓘ
perceivedBy Stephen Dedalus as romantically unattainable ⓘ
Stephen Dedalus as spiritually pure ⓘ
publicationContext A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man first published in 1916 ⓘ
represents feminine beauty ⓘ
romantic idealization ⓘ
youthful love ⓘ
roleInNarrative catalyst for Stephen’s reflections on love and purity ⓘ
object of Stephen Dedalus’s adolescent infatuation ⓘ
symbolicRole idealized beloved ⓘ
muse-like figure for Stephen Dedalus ⓘ
workSetting Dublin ⓘ

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