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pynch · 08-20-2013, 05:15 AM

I’d like to nominate James Joyce’s Ulysses, prosecuted in the US for obscenity, with copies burned by the US Postal Service and effectively banned until 1933, and banned in the UK until the 1930s. When Sylvia Beach tried to publish it in Paris, it was difficult for her to find a printer (who were then responsible for what they printed!) for fear of prosecution.

The novel can be found in our Patricia Clark Memorial Library in epub, mobi, and lrf editions, and is also contained in the epub of Joyce’s Complete Works.

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If you’re looking for ideas, there’s a fantastic list of the books and authors prohibited by the Catholic Church (the Index Librorum Prohibitorum), which actually reads like a recommendation for the best of classic literature. Surprisingly, Joyce is not on that list, and I’m sure he was offended by that omission.

08-20-2013, 05:15 AM	#3
pynch why in? Posts: 1,620 Karma: 28802432 Join Date: Apr 2012 Device: Sony PRS-350, Kobo Aura	I’d like to nominate James Joyce’s Ulysses, prosecuted in the US for obscenity, with copies burned by the US Postal Service and effectively banned until 1933, and banned in the UK until the 1930s. When Sylvia Beach tried to publish it in Paris, it was difficult for her to find a printer (who were then responsible for what they printed!) for fear of prosecution. The novel can be found in our Patricia Clark Memorial Library in epub, mobi, and lrf editions, and is also contained in the epub of Joyce’s Complete Works. — If you’re looking for ideas, there’s a fantastic list of the books and authors prohibited by the Catholic Church (the Index Librorum Prohibitorum), which actually reads like a recommendation for the best of classic literature. Surprisingly, Joyce is not on that list, and I’m sure he was offended by that omission.