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The Sniffy, Scandalized Letter That Sealed the UK Government’s Ban of ‘Ulysses’

WORDS Posted: June 13, 2014 12:35 am

“In this 1922 letter, the British Director of Public Prosecutions, Sir Archibald Bodkin, issued an official opinion on James Joyce’s book Ulysses: ‘In my opinion, there is more, and a great deal more than mere vulgarity or coarseness, there is a great deal of unmitigated filth and obscenity.'”

WORDS Published: 06.12.14

Read the story in Slate Published: 06.12.14

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