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James Joyce

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James Joyce. OBSCENITY IN BOOKS, THE DECISIONS OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICK COURT, AND OF THE UNITED STATES COURT19 by 15cm., 7.5 by 5.75in. John Lane The Bodley Head London, 1954 pp16. The decision of the United States District Court rendered December 6, 1933, by Hon. John M. Woolsey lifting the ban on "Ulysses" by James Joyce. Page 15 of the pamphlet describes "...The Ulysses case marks a turning point. It is a body-blow for the censors. The necessity for hypocrisy and circumlocution in literature has been eliminated. Writers need no longer seek refuge in euphemisms.." Morris L. Ernest.

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