Flashcards on History of Literary and Theatre Censorship
History of Literary and Theatre Censorship: Key Cases & Eras
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Ulysses
15 cards
Card 1
Question: Who first published James Joyce’s novel Ulysses and in what year?
Answer: Shakespeare & Co. in Paris, first published in 1921.
Card 2
Question: How many copies were in the first edition of Ulysses and where were they printed?
Answer: 1,000 copies, printed in Dijon.
Card 3
Question: What happened with the second edition of Ulysses and when was it printed?
Answer: A second edition of 2,000 copies for the Egoist Press was printed in Dijon in October 1922 and distributed to purchasers and shops without hindrance.
Card 4
Question: What occurred with the third printing for the Egoist Press in January 1923?
Answer: 500 copies were printed; only one reached London while the remaining 499 were seized by English customs at Folkestone and burned under the 1867 Custom
Card 5
Question: Who was Harriet Weaver in relation to Ulysses and what happened to her copies?
Answer: Harriet Weaver was the publisher whose copies of the seized third printing were confiscated and burned before she could save them.
Card 6
Question: How did British customs treat Ulysses copies brought back by tourists?
Answer: Customs continued to search luggage of tourists returning from France; discovered copies were confiscated and destroyed.
Card 7
Question: What was Sylvia Beach’s role in the publication of Ulysses?
Answer: Sylvia Beach of Shakespeare & Co. continued to print Ulysses to meet growing demand.
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Question: How did Sotheby’s respond to the corrected proofs of Ulysses?
Answer: Sotheby’s did not dare to put the corrected proofs into one of its sales.
Card 9
Question: Who began serializing episodes of Ulysses in America and what happened to her?
Answer: Margaret Anderson serialized episodes in The Little Review starting in 1919; in February 1921 she was fined for the publication and would have gone to
Card 10
Question: What widespread publishing occurred in America despite the Customs ban?
Answer: Many copies eluded import bans, and some 30,000 bowdlerized and pirated editions appeared to meet the American demand.