1933 trial that vindicated 'pornographic' James Joyce novel made into play to be staged in Dublin It was a seminal literary trial in which a book itself - not its author or publisher - was the defendant. The United States v One Book Called Ulysses, as the case was termed, put James Joyce's masterpiece, which had been banned for obscenity, on trial in a New York courtroom in 1933. The landmark ruling in favour of Ulysses resounded across the world and helped lift bans in other jurisdictions, incl...
1933 trial that vindicated 'pornographic' James Joyce novel made into play to be staged in Dublin It was a seminal literary trial in which a book itself - not its author or publisher - was the defendant. The United States v One Book Called Ulysses, as the case was termed, put James Joyce's masterpiece, which had been banned for obscenity, on trial in a New York courtroom in 1933. The landmark ruling in favour of Ulysses resounded across the world and helped lift bans in other jurisdictions, incl...
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