What are the Estate’s criteria for granting or refusing permissions?
In public statements, Stephen James Joyce or Seán Sweeney has made clear that the Estate’s priorities are to defend the letter, spirit, and integrity of James Joyce’s work; to encourage or permit interpretations and adaptations that conform to Joyce’s intentions; and to defend the privacy of the Joyce family. The concern for defending the family’s privacy has made the Estate reluctant, in many cases, to permit quotation from letters, particularly unpublished letters. Other criteria cited by the Estate from time to time as playing a role in its decisions include: —whether the individual seeking permission has made past statements or gestures perceived to be contrary to the interests of the Estate —whether the person seeking permission is associated with individuals, projects, or institutions the Estate feels has acted contrary to its interests —whether a permission-seeker is seen to be making the request late in a project’s development, in the spirit of an afterthought —whether the Esta
