Before you Read A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce Book Summary, Analysis, Review

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Happy Bloomsday! We're celebrating this year by doing "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" by James Joyce along with our friends Noah and Lucas. Lots of people have asked for tips on reading Joyce and the best place to start reading James Joyce. If you chose this book, let's talk about some of the background elements such as Nationalism and Religion. The Catholic Church has a huge influence on this semi-autobiography. Are you thinking about reading this book? Let us know what attracted you to it in the comments below. We trie to keep it as Spoiler Free as possible. Portrait of the Artist Playlist:    • Before you Read A Portrait of the Artist a...   Read "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" by James Joyce for Free: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4217 Did you enjoy the talk? Help us in running the channel with a one-time donation: https://ko-fi.com/thecodexcantina Support us on Patreon:   / thecodexcantina   Dubliners Playlist:    • Before you Read Dubliners by James Joyce -...   0:00 Introductions 1:26 Publication Info 3:56 Why the Text is Important 9:06 Resource for Reading 11:28 Autobiography 15:25 Writing Technique 19:38 Historical Context-- Ireland and the Catholic Church 22:56 Historical Context-- Nationalism and the British Rule 28:51 Themes + the Road Ahead Fellow Portraiters: Lucas-Bits of Lit Channel:    / @bitsoflit   Noah-Everyone Who Reads It Must Converse:    / @everyonewhoreadsitmustconverse   #JamesJoyce #APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungMan Recommended Resources: James Joyce by Richard Ellmann: https://www.amazon.com/James-Joyce-Ox... Joyce Annotated by Don Gifford: https://www.amazon.com/Joyce-Annotate... James Joyce: A Portrait of a Dubliner (Graphic Biography) by Alfonso Zapico: https://www.amazon.com/James-Joyce-Po... Help my Unbelief: James Joyce & Religion by Geert Lernout: https://www.amazon.com/Help-My-Unbeli... Subscribe:    / @thecodexcantina   You can reach us on Social Media: ▶   / thecodexcantina   ▶   / thecodexcantina   ====Copyright Info==== Song: Infinite Artist: Valence Licensed to YouTube by: AEI (on behalf of NCS); Featherstone Music (publishing), and 1 Music Rights Societies Free Download/Stream:    • Valence - Infinite | Future Bass | NCS - C...   Parnell Picture Public Domain Mathew Brady - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Brady-Handy Photograph Collection. 95 Theses: Public Domain This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1925