Chapter 01 of 5
The Little Review Scandal
Joyce's radical prose meets the US postal ban.
- The Debut
A New Kind of Novel
In 1918, James Joyce began serializing Ulysses in The Little Review, a New York literary magazine. It was the first time the public encountered his radical 'stream of consciousness'.
- The Vanguard
The Brave Editors
Margaret Anderson and Jane Heap, the editors of The Little Review, risked everything to publish Joyce. Their motto was 'Making no compromise with the public taste.'
- Legal Spark
The Nausicaa Episode
The trouble began with the 13th episode, 'Nausicaa,' which depicts Leopold Bloom in a moment of sexual arousal. This specific passage triggered a massive legal backlash.
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⚖️ Censoring the Joyce Revolution
- 01The Little Review ScandalJoyce's radical prose meets the US postal ban.
- 02Shakespeare and Company’s RiskA Paris bookstore gives a banned masterpiece a home.
- 03Stream of Consciousness on TrialUnderstanding why Joyce’s style terrified the censors.
- 04United States v. One Book Called UlyssesJudge Woolsey’s landmark ruling on literary merit.
- 05The Legacy of the Joyce RevolutionHow one court case liberated modern literature.