Obscenity psychoanalysis and literature : Lawrence and Joyce on trial Obscenity Psychoanalysis and Literature offers a fascinating psychoanalytic reading of four landmark obscenity trials involving the texts of D. H. Lawrence and James Joyce. By tracing the legal histories of Lawrence and Joyce from censorship to their eventual redemption and transformation into champions of sexual freedom the book draws a narrative of changing legal literary and cultural investments. Offering a uniquely psychoanalytic account of the obscenity trials of these authors this text will be of great interest to scholars from across the fields of psychoanalysis law and literature