Great Censorship Cases in 20th-century Literature

Several landmark books of the 20th century reached readers only after fierce battles with censors. D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover was banned in the U.K. and U.S. for decades for its explicit content. James Joyce’s Ulysses had to be smuggled into the United States until a 1933 court ruling allowed publication. Allen Ginsberg’s Howl survived an obscenity trial before being cleared in 1957. Literary scholar Clay Jenkinson examines these clashes to illuminate the century’s cultural upheavals.