Formative events in the title character's youth include his time at Clongowes, where he is bullied by Nasty Roche.
In one scene in this book, the protagonist refers to Aristotle and Aquinas as "his lamps," which causes a priest to speak about the lamp of Epictetus. In its third chapter, the protagonist has a dream of being in a desolate landscape surrounded by goatish monsters; after awakening from that dream and confessing in a chapel, he falls back to sleep and dreams of an (*) altar covered in white flowers. Formative events in the title character's youth include his time at Clongowes, where he is bullied by Nasty Roche. The title character's aunt Dante and father Simon later argue about Charles Parnell. This Kunstlerroman begins with a story about "baby tuckoo" and a moocow. For 10 points, name this novel about the artistic development of Stephen Dedalus, written by James Joyce.
In one scene in this book, the protagonist refers to Aristotle and Aquinas as "his lamps," which causes a priest to speak about the lamp of Epictetus.
A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man