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The Most Dangerous Book

The Battle for James Joyce's Ulysses

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An edition of The Most Dangerous Book (2014)

The Most Dangerous Book

The Battle for James Joyce's Ulysses

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An artistic and legal history of James Joice's Ulysses.

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The Penguin Press
Pages
417

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Subjects

Ulysses, law, literature, censorship, publishing, Authors and publishers, Law and literature, Trials (Obscenity), Textual Criticism, History, Joyce, james, 1882-1941, Obscenity (law), Appreciation, Art appreciation, Edition, Ulysses (Joyce, James), New York Times reviewed, Censorship

People

James Joyce, Nora Barnacle, Sylvia Beach, Ezra Pound, Margaret Anderson, John Quinn, Harriet Shaw Weaver, James Joyce (1882-1941)

Places

Dublin, London, Paris, Trieste, New York City

Times

1880s to 1940s, 20th century
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The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce's Ulysses
May 26, 2015, Penguin Books
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Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce's Ulysses
2015, Head of Zeus
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The most dangerous book: the battle for James Joyce's Ulysses
2014, Penguin Press
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The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce's Ulysses
2014, The Penguin Press
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The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce's Ulysses
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Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce's Ulysses
2014, Head of Zeus
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Table of Contents

Introduction
Page 1
Part 1
1. Nighttown
Page 19
2. Nora Barnacle
Page 28
3. The Vortex
Page 35
4. Trieste
Page 46
5. Smithy of Souls
Page 57
6. Little Modernisms
Page 71
7. The Medici of Modernism
Page 81
8. Zurich
Page 93
Part II
9. Power and Postage
Page 107
10. The Woolfs
Page 126
11. Brutal Madness
Page 136
12. Shakespeare and Company
Page 144
13. Hell in New York
Page 154
14. The Ghost of Comstock
Page 171
15. Elijah Is Coming
Page 180
16. The People of the State of New York v. Margaret Anderson and Jane Heap
Page 191
17. Circe Burning
Page 199
Part III
18. The Bible of the Outcasts
Page 215
19. The Booklegger
Page 228
20. The King's Chimney
Page 241
21. The Pharmacopeia
Page 254
22. Glamour of the Clandestine
Page 260
23. Modern Classics
Page 267
24. Treponema
Page 286
25. Search and Seizure
Page 296
26. The United States of America v. One Book Called "Ulysses"
Page 313
27. The Tables of the Law
Page 332
Epilogue
Page 338
Acknowledgments
Page 343
Notes
Page 347
Selected Bibliography
Page 403
Index
Page 407

Edition Notes

Published in
New York City, New York, USA

The Physical Object

Format
hardcover
Number of pages
417
Weight
750 grams

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OL25617283M
ISBN 13
976-1-59420-336-7

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