Chapter 6 writers and friendship

writers and friendship In his memoir "Thirty Years in Paris", Daudet once talked about him and Frobel, left La, Gongol, Turgenev et al.Turgenev, who lived in Paris at that time, was One of my close friends.A few of them have dinner together every day, drink coffee, talk about literature and art and life. everything.Turgenev always expressed the most cordial friendship and enthusiasm to Daudet, but when Turgenev After the husband's death, Doude accidentally discovered from his friend's writing that Turgenev always looked down on him, Said he was "one of the least capable in our industry".Dude was very sad, he sighed and said: "I

Always remember how he was in my house, at my dinner table, how tenderly and passionately he kissed my children thing.I also have in my collection countless kind and lovely letters from him.but in his kindness Such an idea is hidden under the smile.God!How strange life is, all the Greeks How true is the word "ruthless"! " The disillusionment of this friendship certainly grieved Daudet, but it had nothing to do with Turgenev. It's not the place.Because he separated his friendship from his work, he had no respect for Daudet, or even for his children. There is friendship, but he is not satisfied with his work, so he said that behind his back; if not

For friendship Turgenev may have told Dudt face to face.In this way, Dude has long been with Tu Ge If Nev broke up with him, he would not be disillusioned after death. Originally, the friendship between writers is the most difficult to establish, especially when it involves criticism of works.do Like a cat, he always looks at its kind with distrustful eyes, contemptuously, Jealousy again.We seldom find friendships among writers of the same age and in the same direction.that is, also It's all for the purpose of interlinking interests and the temporary combination between the portals. When it comes time to use each other

At that time, they parted ways, or even slandered each other. "Literati look down on each other" is indeed a harsh statement, But it's also true.If every writer keeps a diary, once these diaries are revealed, I believe The letter will become an unprecedented book. The Goncourt brothers in France once wrote such a diary.their whole life All spent on describing everything their contemporaries had to say.This diary not only includes the contemporary literary circles People, but also involved political figures, all secrets and scandals are recorded in detail.this diary Only nine volumes were published, and the rest were unpublished, according to Dagong Guoer's deathbed in 1896.

The order will not be published until twenty years after his death.The original manuscript of this diary is sealed by the Gongol Academy But around 1916, when the twenty-year period stipulated in the will came to an end, They recommended two representatives to review the diary and see if it could be published.These two representatives After coming here, he was silent like a cicada, just shook his head and said: In order to avoid lawsuits, assassination, suicide, and sadness, in order to For the sake of social uneasiness and other concerns, it is best not to publish this diary until another century.diary

What the content is, one can imagine from this situation. It is said that Lu Xun also had the habit of keeping a diary, and continued until he fell ill in bed.I believe, Once Lu Xun's diary is published without changing a word, those friends who claim to be Lu Xun I don't even know how to be sad.Barbini's Dante It is said that the study of a work in the world has the largest number of documents, followed by the Bible. to Dante's Divine Comedy.There are so many studies on Dante, but most of them are difficult. It is abstruse and esoteric, making Dante's humanity and writings mysterious and incomprehensible, becoming a special "Danteology",

Almost isolated from literature, even more isolated from ordinary readers.But occasionally there is a new biography that is good to read Note appears.This recently published Barbini's "Life of Dante" is one of them. Mention the name of Barbini, everyone will think that his famous work has been translated into Twenty-Three Kingdoms Literal Biography of Christ.Barbini, who wrote the "Biography of Christ", is now writing the "Biography of Dante", It can be said to be the most suitable candidate.For this Dante Vivo, Barbini very conceited.According to him, a suitable author of Dante must have at least the following:

Three qualifications: first, you must be a Catholic; second, you must be an artist with an understanding The heart of a poet; third, must be Florentine.He explains the rationale behind the need for these three qualifications The reason is: Dante is a Catholic, and only people of the same faith can understand Dante's letter. To look up, to feel what he felt at the time.Dante is a poet, so only poets can To understand the genius of a poet; it is not enough for the average critic to understand it intellectually.No. Third, because Dante was a Florentine, although Florence in the Middle Ages was very different from today,

But it may not be completely changed, at least a few stones, a few buildings, and a few narrow alleys remain A little bit of the face at that time, it is the place where Dante personally touched the experience.according to innate character and circumstances, a Florentine is better suited to understand Dante than anyone else. This restriction seems very strict, but Barbini is very arrogant to say that he has all three qualifications.He was a Florentine, he might have been a poet, and at the same time, religiously, He is exactly Catholic. On this view, Barbini brushed aside the existence of many Danteologists, saying that they

Never really understood Dante, just "an ant around the lion".Groce "Dante's Poems", although well written, but his "character does not know art at all works" people. The strength of Barbini's "Biography of Dante" is that, like his "Biography of Christ", it is brave Putting aside many entangled questions, instead of spending all my attention on textual research and philosophy, but To understand the work from the character, to narrate his life.Many lawsuits about "Divine Comedy" Interpretation, Barbini boldly put aside all of them.

He thinks that "Divine Comedy" is not difficult to read, at least not as difficult as the general Dante scholars say Difficult to understand, as long as we comprehend him with a poet's heart. On the rivalry between pope and court, Dante's political life, his love tragedy, Barbini All are based on the latest and reliable information, and fluent narratives are made.His "Dante" Here is the advantage, he liberates Dante from the specialists. Dante once said: "My only fear is that I will be accused by those who call this present age ancient." Forgotten by the people of the world". In fact, this is a worry. Dante will not be forgotten; from Barbie In this biography of Johnny, he is reborn.