A Stanford University professor on Monday sued James Joyce’s estate for refusing to give her permission to use copyrighted material about the “Ulysses” author and his daughter on her scholarly Web site.

In the federal court lawsuit filed in San Francisco, Carol Shloss, an acting English professor and Joycean scholar, challenged the estate’s assertion that she would be infringing on its ownership of Joyce’s image by quoting his published works, manuscripts and private letters on her site.