As a result, it can sometimes be difficult to tell what is agreed upon by Joyce scholars and what is Barger's conjecture.

I didn't want to have greedy little eyes and greedy little fingers going over them, he told dismayed Joyce scholars in 1988.

Michael Millman, a senior editor at Viking, said Joyce scholars were notorious for their conflicts.

The opinion discusses some of the same characteristics that Joyce scholars have discerned in the work.

However, a number of Joyce scholars question the legitimacy of searching for a linear storyline within the complex text.

It consists of programs for children, literary neophytes and Joyce scholars alike.

The talk, entitled "Fishing in the Wake" is expected to have Joyce scholars buzzing.

David Norris, a Joyce scholar at Trinity, suggested that the visitors should "try not to have your wallet snatched."

Until that status is made explicit, he told me, there is going to be a mood of extreme caution among Joyce scholars.

But his new "Ulysses" has raised hackles in the small and highly competitive world of Joyce scholars.