The first book to explore the role of disability in the writings of James Joyce, this volume approaches the subject both on a figurative level, as a symbol or metaphor in Joyce's work, and also as a physical reality for many of Joyce's characters.

In this book, the first to explore the role of disability in the writings of James Joyce, contributors examine the varying ways in which Joyce's texts represent disability and the environmental conditions of his time that stigmatized, isolated, and othered individuals with disabilities.