Ulysses
From Censorpedia
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: 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
