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'''Dates of Action:''' Dates of action 1918, 1930
'''Dates of Action:''' Dates of action 1918, 1930


'''Location:''' Location United States
'''Location:''' United States


'''Description of Artwork:''' James Joyce's novel ''Ulysses''.
'''Description of Artwork:''' James Joyce's novel ''Ulysses''.

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Date: 1918, 1930

Region: North America

Subject: Explicit Sexuality

Medium: Literature


Artist: Artist/Author/Producer James Joyce

Confronting Bodies: Confronting Bodies U.S. Government

Dates of Action: Dates of action 1918, 1930

Location: United States

Description of Artwork: James Joyce's novel Ulysses.

The 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