ch17

Ch17
TS48-68
?MS567-604
written Feb 1905 [L2-81] (JAJ started wearing glasses again at this point, after ten years of nearsightedness)
Maurice forbidden walks, SD threatened with withdrawal of support
SD determined to live, rejoices in self-centeredness
finds solitude restful, making friends at school
writing paper to try and win converts
SD debates McCann's theories-- Socratic dialog
SD trembles to think of McCann's "unhorizoned doggedness working its way backwards" [ = frigging??? unhorizoned = shortsighted? backwards to virginity? to the womb?! sex is the spirit working backwards to womb??]
license as a sin against the future
Ibsen not a moralist
SD feigns interest in Irish to get close to Emma, via Madden
SD hates church more than English, Madden panders to church for support
SD sees no gain in Irish language
others adjust to idea of SD studying Irish
Maurice's retreat, SD marvels how far he's come, Maurice's seriousness
no 'companions'-- fear of SD?
Maurice's prosaic self-contemplation appalls SD
Wed night Irish class, Mr Hughes
the word for 'love' discomfits a young man
Citizen, Madden, Griffith in Cooney's
nationalism as bogus fraud
Bacon quote: [etext]
Silas Verney: historical novel of 17th C by Edgar Pickering
JAJ and JFB attend Gaelic meeting May 1900 [historical context]
Stannie's retreat Dec 1898
28Feb to Stannie: "It seems to me that what astonishes most people in the length of the novel is the extraordinary energy in the writer and his extraordinary patience. It would be easy for me to do short novels if I chose but what I want to wear away in this novel cannot be worn away except by constant dropping. Gogarty used to pipe '63' in treble when I told him the number of the chapters. I am not quite satisfied with the title 'Stephen Hero' and am thinking of restoring the original title of the article 'A Portrait of the Artist' or perhaps better 'Chapters in the Life of a Young Man'." [SL56]