Abstract

The Little Review , edited by Margaret Anderson and Jane Heap, recognized the importance of James Joyce’s Ulysses and published several installments until they were banned by the courts in 1921 and the little magazine could no longer publish “obscene” literature. Leading up to the trial, Anderson and Heap had difficulty obtaining funding for The Little Review, a result of the contributions of Ezra Pound and the radical course of magazine. Anderson championed Ulysses because she genuinely thought it was beautiful, but she also saw the legal struggle for Ulysses as an opportunity for publicity for the little magazine. Unfortunately, The Little Review never received the publicity or credit it was looking for, but what was overlooked more in the process of the trial was the insight of Anderson and Heap, embodied by the little magazine they created.

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