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> Rarely do literary names get tossed around when speaking of such rivalries, but in the 1950’s arguably the two biggest names in the industry took a shot at on

> Rarely do literary names get tossed around when speaking of such rivalries, but in the 1950’s arguably the two biggest names in the industry took a shot at one another. This was far from the only feud. Hemingway got in a fist fight with Wallace Stevens--or perhaps the other way around. Hemingway knocked him out. [0] Stevens also feuded with Robert Frost but it apparently stopped short of fisticuffs. Writers of yore were feisty indeed. [0] https://www.kwls.org/key-wests-life-of-letters/ernest_hemingway_knocked_walla https://www.kwls.org/key-wests-life-of-letters/ernest_heming...

everybodyknows 3y ago
Remarkable behavior for someone whose day job was insurance executive.
50 3y ago
>> took a shot at one another which doesn't necessarily mean a "feud," a rather strong word i find. if faulkner and hemingway had such a "feud" why would faulker say the following in his art of fiction interview: "If I had not existed, someone else would have written me, Hemingway, Dostoevsky, all of us." > This was far from the only feud. Hemingway got in a fist fight with Wallace Stevens--or perhaps the other way around. who hasn't been in a fist fight with a friend by day and met later that same day without a word about the quarrel, implicitly disregarding it as mere heatful play of the moment. but otherwise, wallace stevens is on my to-read list after having read "The House Was Quiet and The World Was Calm"[1], you might enjoy it 1: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57607/the-house-was-quiet-and-the-world-was-calm https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57607/the-house-was-q...
- cafard 3y ago
  As I recall, Stevens was considerably older than Hemingway at the time.
  - 50 3y ago
    teaching ego-ridden[1] younger brother a lesson, i presume? 1: my perception/judgment of hemingway is poor (i haven't read him yet; i do have the old man and the sea lying around here somewhere) - so poor it's strictly based off my viewing of midnight in paris

everybodyknows 3y ago

Remarkable behavior for someone whose day job was insurance executive.

50 3y ago

>> took a shot at one another which doesn't necessarily mean a "feud," a rather strong word i find. if faulkner and hemingway had such a "feud" why would faulker say the following in his art of fiction interview: "If I had not existed, someone else would have written me, Hemingway, Dostoevsky, all of us." > This was far from the only feud. Hemingway got in a fist fight with Wallace Stevens--or perhaps the other way around. who hasn't been in a fist fight with a friend by day and met later that same day without a word about the quarrel, implicitly disregarding it as mere heatful play of the moment. but otherwise, wallace stevens is on my to-read list after having read "The House Was Quiet and The World Was Calm"[1], you might enjoy it 1: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57607/the-house-was-quiet-and-the-world-was-calm https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57607/the-house-was-q...

cafard 3y ago
As I recall, Stevens was considerably older than Hemingway at the time.
- 50 3y ago
  teaching ego-ridden[1] younger brother a lesson, i presume? 1: my perception/judgment of hemingway is poor (i haven't read him yet; i do have the old man and the sea lying around here somewhere) - so poor it's strictly based off my viewing of midnight in paris