However, both novels were read by editors who were adamant that the authors do not receive their desired names for the novel. Joyce wished for the novel to be called Stephen Hero a title fitting for the epic Bildungsroman of his semi-autobiographical title character. The brilliant Irish author wished for his transitionary piece–which notably marked a transition from his early traditional narration into the abstract stream of consciousness that defined his career–to be titled differently. Similarly, The Portrait of An Artist as a Young Man was not James Joyce’s desired title. Irving perhaps then dreamed of a more abrupt title–something that could match the book’s larger gendered message or ominous tone. The novel is riddled with a defamiliarizing humour that accompanies Garp and his mother as they struggle with the violence of Murphy’s Law in an unforgiving, sexual world. Garp and his famed, feminist mother Jenny Fields. The World According to Garp narrates the life of the fictional writer T.S. Irving’s editor was hooked, and Irving was never able to come up with a title that he would like more (Morning). When sending his editor, a draft of the novel, Irving inadvertently delivered a manuscript headed by the then “working title” The World According to Garp. The title of John Irving’s famed novel The World According to Garp came about due to a silly error. (Photo Credit: Penguin Random House LLC, 2016) Cover of A Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man.
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