The Eight Pairs of Rivals Who Engaged in a Struggle for Supremacy in the Literary World for a Century

Author: Anthony Arthur (USA)
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: This book serves as a close-up platform, offering a glimpse into the mutual ridicule, disdain, insults, verbal attacks, and other sharp criticisms among some of the most renowned members of the literary hall of fame. A submarine's deadly enemy is another submarine. Some of our outstanding writers have skillfully wielded their various weapons—wisdom, humor, satire, abuse, and so on—to do their utmost to defeat their peers. Anthony Arthur has spent his life reading and teaching the works of these writers. In these eight articles on disputes between famous writers, Anthony Arthur vividly portrays these long-standing feuds as conflicts between strong personalities. He doesn’t just stay at the level of casual talk but delves into the causes of the disputes and the natural repulsion between the different personalities of the writers. It reads like a collection of short stories, with each writer appearing as their own best character, delivering the best lines. These great writers were, in fact, a group of people who loved to argue, and these real stories about disputes are sure to inspire and entertain readers, even the most discerning literary enthusiasts.