text: This novel's protagonist claims that Tennyson was "only a rhymester," and is beaten by three boys for asserting that the author of Don Juan was "the greatest poet.
full_question: This novel's protagonist claims that Tennyson was "only a rhymester," and is beaten by three boys for asserting that the author of Don Juan was "the greatest poet." At its end, a character who would later appear in another work leaves home to forge the "uncreated conscience" of his race. This novel published in the same year as the Easter Rising was the first published book to portray the conflicted Irish Catholic Stephen Dedalus. For 10 points--name this semi-autobiographical novel by James Joyce.
first_sentence: This novel's protagonist claims that Tennyson was "only a rhymester," and is beaten by three boys for asserting that the author of Don Juan was "the greatest poet.