Анна Каренина

Chapter 5

           LevinmaintainedthatthemistakeofWagnerandallhisfollowerslayintheirtryingtotakemusicintothesphereofanotherart,justaspoetrygoeswrongwhenittriestopaintafaceastheartofpaintingoughttodo,andasaninstanceofthismistakehecitedthesculptorwhocarvedinmarblecertainpoeticphantasmsflittingroundthefigureofthepoetonthepedestal.“Thesephantomsweresofarfrombeingphantomsthattheywerepositivelyclingingontheladder,”saidLevin.Thecomparisonpleasedhim,buthecouldnotrememberwhetherhehadnotusedthesamephrasebefore,andtoPestsov,too,andashesaidithefeltconfused.

           Pestsovmaintainedthatartisone,andthatitcanattainitshighestmanifestationsonlybyconjunctionwithallkindsofart.

           ThesecondpiecethatwasperformedLevincouldnothear.Pestsov,whowasstandingbesidehim,wastalkingtohimalmostallthetime,condemningthemusicforitsexcessiveaffectedassumptionofsimplicity,andcomparingitwiththesimplicityofthePre-Raphaelitesinpainting.AshewentoutLevinmetmanymoreacquaintances,withwhomhetalkedofpolitics,ofmusic,andofcommonacquaintances.AmongothershemetCountBol,whomhehadutterlyforgottentocallupon.

           “Well,goatoncethen,”MadameLvovasaid,whenhetoldher;“perhapsthey’llnotbeathome,andthenyoucancometothemeetingtofetchme.You’llfindmestillthere.”

           

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