Jacobs Theodore J
New York Psychoanalytic Institute, USA.
J Am Psychoanal Assoc. 2002 Winter;50(4):1271-82. doi: 10.1177/00030651020500042401.
The relationship between James Joyce and his memorable creation, Molly Bloom, is explored in relation to Joyce's remarkable creativity and various factors that may have contributed to it. A character forged primarily out of Joyce's perceptions of his wife Nora and memories of his mother, Molly also contains aspects of Joyce's warded-off and wished-for self-representation. A focus on both biographical and dynamic contributions to the creation of Molly helps to illuminate aspects of Joyce's psychology.
