Literary scholars have enshrined James Joyce as the most influ- ential voice in 20th-century fiction, and this winter they are celebrating the centennial of his birth. Despite his monumental reputation~or perhaps because of it-many Americans have shied away from his work, particularly the last two novels, Ulysses and Finnegans Wake. Surveying Joyce's career, critic Frank McConnell here argues that the works of the Irish genius should not be considered daunting or inaccessible. Read Joyce, McConnell...