A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, by James Joyce
Meeting times and locations:
- Monday, January 24, 7 p.m., 1st floor conference room, Warner Building
- Monday, January 31, 7 p.m., 1st floor conference room, Warner Building
Here is a description of the novel from the back cover of the Penguin Twentieth Century Classics Edition (1992):
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man [1916] portrays Stephen Dedalus’s Dublin childhood and youth and, in doing so, provides an oblique self-portrait of the young James Joyce. At its center are questions of origin and source, authority and authorship, and the relationship of an artist to his family, culture, and race. Exuberantly inventive in its style, the novel subtly and beautifully orchestrates the patterns of quotation and repetition instrumental in its hero’s quest to create his own character, his own language, life, and art: ‘to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.’
Where can I purchase this book?
At Accent on Books, on Merrimon Avenue (828-252-6255). Books are available at discounted price, thanks to All Souls parishioner, Lewis Sorrells.
What will the group be reading in February?
An essay by Marilynne Robinson on the eighth Psalm called “Psalm Eight.” The essay is from a book of Robinson’s non-fiction called The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought (1998). Meetings will take place Monday, February 14th and Monday, February 28th, both at 7 p.m. in the Warner Building. Long-time All Souls Book Group member, Bill Turner, will lead the meeting on the 14th. We may conclude the two-meeting course with a reading of Emily Dickinson’s poem, “The Brain-is wider than the Sky-“ (598, Franklin.) For more details, e-mail Emilie White at etwhite8@charter.net.
How can I keep track of Book Group offerings?
For up-to-date information on Book Group offerings, please visit the Book Group page at the Cathedral Connection website: http://allsoulsconnection.org/groups/all-souls-book-group
I am new to the Book Group, and I don’t know anything about the Kay Falk Literary Project. How can I learn more about them?
Visit the Center for Spiritual Resources website: http://thecsr.org/all-souls-book-group-resources
The All Souls Book Group is the nucleus of the Kay Falk Literary Project, which is centered at the Cathedral as part of its teaching mission. For more information, please contact Emilie White at etwhite8@charter.net. Newcomers are always welcome.