History’s Most Controversial Authors

Back in early 2014 I wrote a 7 part series of lengthy posts about controversial authors. Now, with the benefit of hindsight, it seems like overkill. At any rate this blog had very few visitors back then, so they went largely unread. Today we revisit the subject with this more succinct piece. The following 7 controversial authors are presented in the order in which they were born.

Aristophanes (Circa 446 BC – 386 BC)

Often referred to as ‘the father of comedy’, Aristophanes was an ancient Athe...