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Wars of Ink and Paper: 9 Feuds That Rocked the Literary World
  • Introduction
  • Lillian Hellman vs. Mary McCarthy
  • Lord Byron vs. John Keats
  • Truman Capote vs. the Swans
  • Lodovico Castelvetro vs. Annibale Caro
  • William Faulkner vs. Ernest Hemingway
  • Zora Neale Hurston vs. Langston Hughes
  • Ben Jonson vs. John Marston and Thomas Dekker
  • Mario Vargas Llosa vs. Gabriel García Márquez
  • Gore Vidal vs. Norman Mailer
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The fencer vs. the journalist Mary McCarthy Lillian Hellman Portrait of poet John Keats Oil painting by Giacomo Trecourt showing Lord Byron seated on rocky shore near the sea, gazing thoughtfully, with two figures and trees in the background. Lee Radziwill in a sleeveless gown smiles while dancing with Truman Capote, who wears a tuxedo, at the Black and White Ball in an ornate ballroom. William Faulkner, photograph by Carl Van Vechten, c. 1954 Ernest Hemingway in Kenya Zora Neale Hurston, photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 1938 Langston Hughes, photograph by Jack Delano, 1942

Wars of Ink and Paper: 9 Feuds That Rocked the Literary World: References & Edit History

Article Contributors

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  • Agathe Demarolle

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  • J.E. Luebering

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  • Agathe Demarolle
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