In Paris Joyce worked on Finnegans Wake, the title of which was kept secret, the novel being known simply as “Work in Progress” until it was published in its entirety in May 1939. In addition to his chronic eye troubles, Joyce suffered great and prolonged heartache over the mental health of his daughter, Lucia. What had seemed her slight eccentricity or the mere moodiness of an artistic temperament in her youth was ultimately diagnosed as schizophrenia, which Joyce tried by every possible means to cure. She was placed in a mental hospital near Paris and remained institutionalized for the rest ...(100 of 2547 words)