James Joyce’s father foreclosure: the symbolic order of language and social existence by Massiha, Laleh, Omar, Noritah

“…Studying the function of these fathers in Joyce’s life indicates that he suffered from father foreclosure for two reasons: the failure of his real father, and his refusal to accept any other form of paternal authority.…”
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A Lacanian Reading of Finnegans Wake in Relation to James Joyce's Feminine Structure by Massiha, Laleh

“…I contend that Joyce‘s ‗father foreclosure‘, due to the absence of a strong paternal figure, and his refusal of the Law, results in the feminine structure of his mind and his feminine jouissance, which enables him to write Finnegans Wake. …”