Joyce dis disapproved of the idea that literature should be political, his literature is full of politics. And yet he doesn't make the mistake of making his books based on political issuesadnd, as a result, they don't debt. It's one thing to say public affairs are a part of private life, and so if you're going to understand private life, that needs to be a dimension. If your book is too rigidly linked to a particular matter then then it becomes like yesterday's papers,.