/lit/ - Literature

>>21982010
You should read Homer and Shakespeare first, at the very least The Odyssey and Hamlet.

Lord Byron posthumously shit talking Keats (it was claimed Keats died of tuberculosis exacerbated by bad reviews) in the poem 'Don Juan'.
>John Keats, who was killed off by one critique,
Just as he really promised something great,
If not intelligible, —without Greek
Contrived to talk about the Gods of late,
Much as they might have been supposed to speak.
Poor fellow! His was an untoward fate: —
‘Tis strange the mind, that very fiery particle,
Should let itself be snuffed out by an Article.

I bet that greentext went wrong and only quoted the first line.
Anyway, this thread was ruined by contemporary decadence and associated insanity, I have found an article which compiles a better list, it's where I robbed my example from.

https://lithub.com/25-legendary-literary-feuds-ranked/