Essays Tagged: "Clongowes Wood College"
James Joyce: Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man How does the text suggest Stephen's mental language?
, he tries to find poetry in nearly everything. "Stephen Dedalus is my name,/ Ireland is my nation/ Clongowes is my dwellingplace/ And heaven is my expectation. He read the verses backwards but then t ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Religion
Religion as Repression Like his protagonist, James Joyce was an Irish Catholic. He was also sent to Clongowes Wood College to board and study as a young boy. In effect the story is in part an autobiog ... d in a strict Catholic family. The demand for compliance placed on Stephen shapes his life early at Clongowes, a preparatory school run by the Jesuit order. Even as he is adhering to the principles of ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Comparing crisis of identity in A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man and in Sons and Lovers
rish society apparently influence young Stephen's early perception and development. Stephen attends Clongowes Wood College, a Jesuit Boarding School, which is haunted by the ghost of Irish rebels. Mor ...
Subjects: Art Essays