New Yorker's Bloomsday Article: “ULYSSES” AND THE MORAL RIGHT TO PLEASURE

...Coming to terms with “Ulysses” inevitably means realizing what Joyce had to overcome when he brought it into the world—first in writing it, then in finding a publisher, and, finally, in getting it printed....Joyce was writing the novel knowing that to publish it was nearly impossible, and likely illegal. ...

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2014/06/ulysses-joyce-moral-right-to-pleasure.html