The Censorship of James Joyce

Date Posted: 08.02.07

"For decades censors have fought to emasculate literature. They have tried to set up the sensibilities of the prudery-ridden as a criterion for society, have sought to reduce the reading material of adults to the level of adolescents and subnormal persons, and have nurtured evasions and sanctimonies."

- Morris L. Ernest in the foreword of Ulysses by James Joyce; 1933

I just received my copy of Ulysses by James Joyce. I have not read it yet but this quote in the preface struck me as enormously worthy. I particularly enjoy the implication that adolescents are equal to subnormal persons. That is priceless. I can't wait to read this book.

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