The protagonist of this novel tries to mortify all five senses, leading him to refuse to change position in bed and always carry his arms at his sides. A character in this novel sees his personal hell of “goatish fiends” before confessing to “sins of impurity” with prostitutes. A character in this novel imagines the Virgin Mary reprimanding him for kissing the sleeve of Emma, for whom he writes the villanelle “Are you not weary of (*) ardent ways?” This novel’s title character confesses to Cranly that he has lost his Catholic faith. When the protagonist of this novel is asked whether he has a vocation to join the Jesuits, he remembers his childhood at the Clongowes (“CLON-goes”) boarding school and sermons by Father Arnall. For 10 points, name this novel about Stephen Dedalus, by James Joyce. ■END■
ANSWER: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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