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==Legacy== [[File:Joyce oconnell dublin.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|alt=Bronze statue of Joyce standing in a coat and broadbrimmed hat: His head is cocked looking up, his left leg is crossed over his right, his right hand holds a cane, and his left is in his trouser pocket, with the left part of his coat tucked back.|Statue of Joyce on [[North Earl Street]], [[Dublin]], by [[Marjorie Fitzgibbon]]]] Joyce's work still has a profound influence on contemporary culture.{{sfn|Attridge|1997|p=[https://archive.org/details/cambridgecompani0000unse_s3a6/page/n19 1]}}{{efn| See {{harvnb|TMO|n.d.}} and {{harvnb|Nastasi|2014}} for examples of various authors' responses to Joyce.}} ''Ulysses'' is a model for fiction writers, particularly its explorations into the power of language.{{sfn|Sherry|2004|p=[https://archive.org/details/jamesjoyceulysse0000sher/page/102 102]}} Its emphasis on the details of everyday life has opened up new possibilities of expression for authors, painters and film-makers.{{sfn|Attridge|1997|p=[https://archive.org/details/cambridgecompani0000unse_s3a6/page/n19 1]}} It retains its prestige among readers, often ranking high on 'Great Book' lists.{{sfn|Mullin|2014}} Joyce's innovations extend beyond English literature: his writing has been an inspiration for Latin American writers,{{sfn|Levitt|2006|pp=[https://www.jstor.org/stable/3831743?seq=6 390–391]}} and ''Finnegans Wake'' has become one of the key texts for French [[post-structuralism]].{{sfnm|Attridge|2007|1p=[https://archive.org/details/howtoreadjoyce0000attr/page/4 4]|Chun|2015|2p=[https://www.jstor.org/stable/43737511?seq=5 75]|Lernout|1992|3p=[https://archive.org/details/frenchjoyce0000lern_s2e6/page/19 19]}} The open-ended form of Joyce's novels keeps them open to constant reinterpretation.{{sfn|Attridge|1997|p=[https://archive.org/details/cambridgecompani0000unse_s3a6/page/3 3]}} They inspire an increasingly global community of literary critics. Joyce's studies—based on a relatively small canon of three novels, a small short story collection, one play, and two small books of poems—have generated over 15,000 articles, monographs, theses, translations, and editions.{{sfn|Latham|2009|p=[{{Google books|id=0ddvLGKDz4QC|pg=PA148|plainurl=yes}} 148]}} In popular culture, the work and life of Joyce is celebrated annually on 16 June, known as [[Bloomsday]], in Dublin and in an increasing number of cities worldwide.{{sfn|Murphy|2014}} ===Collections, museums, and study centres=== The [[National Library of Ireland]] holds a large collection of Joycean material including manuscripts and notebooks, much of it available online.{{sfn|Killeen|2012}} A joint venture between the library and University College Dublin, the [[Museum of Literature Ireland]],{{sfn|Harnett|2019}} the majority of whose exhibits are about Joyce and his work, has both a small permanent Joyce-related collection, and borrows from its parent institutions; its displays include "Copy No. 1" of ''Ulysses''.{{sfn|MoLI|n.d.}} Dedicated centres in Dublin include the [[James Joyce Centre]] in [[North Great George's Street]], the [[James Joyce Tower and Museum]] in [[Sandycove]] at the Martello tower where Joyce briefly lived and where he set the opening scene in ''Ulysses'', and the [[Dublin Writers Museum]].{{sfn|Biggers|2015 |pp=[https://books.google.com/books?id=rjCSCgAAQBAJ&dq=displays+trinity+college+dublin+writers+museum+university+college+library&pg=PA220 215–221]}}[[University College London]] holds the only major research collection of Joyce's work in the United Kingdom, including first editions of all of Joyce's major works, many other editions and translations, as well as critical and background literature.{{sfn|UCL|2016}} [[The University at Buffalo]]'s James Joyce Collection has more than 10,000 pages of the author's working papers, notebooks, manuscripts, photographs, correspondence and other materials as well as Joyce's private library.<ref>{{Cite web |title=James Joyce Collection - University at Buffalo Libraries |url=https://library.buffalo.edu/jamesjoyce/ |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=library.buffalo.edu}}</ref>
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