  the year 1922 in literature involved some significant events and new books. under modern copyright law of the united states, all works published before january 1, 1923, with a proper copyright notice entered the public domain in the u.s. no later than 75 years from the date of the copyright. hence books published in 1922 or earlier entered the public domain in the u.s. in 1998. ==events== *this is a significant year for high modernism in english literature: **the modernist classic ulysses by james joyce is first published complete in book form by sylvia beach's shakespeare and company in paris on february 2 (joyce's 40th birthday), with a further edition published in paris for the egoist press of london on october 12 (much of which is seized by the united states customs service). **t. s. eliot founds the criterion magazine (october) containing the first publication of his poem the waste land. this is first published complete in book form by boni & liveright in new york in december. **jacob's room by virginia woolf is published (october 26). also this summer she writes the short story "mrs dalloway in bond street" (published july 1923), the foundation of the novel mrs dalloway (1925). *january - ryÅ«nosuke akutagawa's modernist short story "in a grove" (èªã®ä¸­, yabu no naka) is published in the japanese magazine shinchÅ. *january 24 - faÃ§ade &ndash; an entertainment, poems by edith sitwell recited over an instrumental accompaniment by william walton, first performed, privately in london. *february 2 - in a "savage creative storm" of less than three weeks beginning today at the chÃ¢teau de muzot in switzerland, rainer maria rilke writes his sonnets to orpheus (die sonette an orpheus) and completes his duino elegies (duineser elegien). * march - f. scott fitzgerald's novel the beautiful and damned is published in book form by charles scribner's sons in new york; on december 10 a silent film version is released. *may 18 - marcel proust, james joyce, sergei diaghilev, igor stravinsky, pablo picasso, erik satie and clive bell dine together in paris, at the hotel majestic, their only joint meeting.{{cite book|last=jackson|first=kevin|title=constellation of genius &ndash; 
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