A portrait of the daughter of James Joyce challenges negative perceptions, describing the creative bond she shared with her father that prompted her participation in modern dance, her father's efforts to cure her complex mental illness, and her influence on the writing of Finnegan's Wake. Reprint. 1[...]
"Whatever spark or gift I possess has been transmitted to Lucia and it has kindled a fire in her brain" James Joyce, 1934 Most accounts of James Joyce's family portray Lucia Joyce as the mad daughter of a man of genius, a difficult burden. But Carol Loeb Shloss reveals a different and more dramatic [...]