James Joyce, "Ulysses"
- Artist/Author/Producer James Joyce
- Confronting Bodies U.S. Government
- Dates of action 1918, 1930
- Location United States
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- Description of the Art Work
- James Joyce's novel "Ulysses".
- Description of incident
- In 1918 chapters published in the Little Review, are burned by the U.S.
Post Office. In 1930, while en route to a potential American publisher,
the U.S. Post Office once again seizes copies of the novel.
- Results of incident
- In 1933, Federal Judge John Woolsey lifts the ban on Ulysses.
Source: National Association of Artists Organizations
