title: James Joyce and Molly Bloom: reflections on their relationship.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: New York Psychoanalytic Institute, USA. Theojmd@aol.com
authors.forename: Theodore J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Jacobs
mesh_terms: D005197:Famous Persons; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007494:Ireland; D008093:Literature, Modern / Q000266:history*; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology