圣安东尼的诱惑 (1874)

《圣安东尼的诱惑》（法语：La Tentation de saint Antoine）是古斯塔夫·福楼拜的散文诗，出版于1874年。

在1874年出版的文本之前有两个版本：一个成书于1849年，另一个1856年。

这部作品献给阿尔弗雷德·勒·普瓦特文：“为纪念于1848年4月3日逝世于讷维尔-尚-德瓦塞尔的阿尔弗雷德·勒·普瓦特文。”

创作背景

1845年，福楼拜的妹妹卡罗琳·福楼拜与童年玩伴埃米尔·阿马尔结婚，福楼拜陪他们前往意大利进行蜜月旅行。在热那亚的巴尔比宫，他欣赏了小彼得·勃鲁盖尔的画作《圣安东尼的诱惑》 ， 从中获得了这部作品的灵感。

梗概

此前，拜伦的诗剧《该隐》和歌德的《浮士德》曾触及同一主题。福楼拜总共创作了三个版本，在他的作品中，这位隐居于埃及底比斯附近的修士圣安东尼与一个又一个幽灵对话。安东尼追忆起了他难以遗忘的往昔，再一次面临魔鬼的诱惑：放荡的幻象、权力的魅力、肉欲的引诱，无一不吸引他；更让他不安的，则是他的门生希拉里翁也来向他讲述圣经里的自相矛盾之处。当魔鬼以科学之名向安东尼揭示宇宙的奥秘时，他渴望着屈服于这一切；但接着他看到了基督的脸在升起的太阳里闪耀。

这部具有象征意义的作品，既再现了四世纪的希腊-罗马世界，又陈述了现代科学理论，并将这两方面别出心裁地联系在一起，呈现出一份艺术美感。

版本

夏庞提耶出版社于1974年出版的第一版出现了几处印刷错误，如152页capitale一词印成了capitaine，295页éphémères 。2017年，在爱书族手中该版本单册的转让价格可达10 000欧元（注意，该版本的另一个特别之处是作者本人的亲笔题字，极为罕见）。

The Temptation of Saint Anthony (French: La Tentation de Saint Antoine) is a dramatic poem in prose (or a dramatic novel) by the French author Gustave Flaubert published in 1874. Flaubert spent his whole adult life working fitfully on the book.

Origin

In 1845, at age 24, Flaubert visited the Balbi Palace in Genoa, and was inspired by a painting of the same title, then attributed to Bruegel the Elder (now thought to be by one of his followers). Flaubert worked at the subject in three versions, completed in 1849, 1856 (with extracts published at that time) and 1872, before publishing the final version in 1874. It takes as its subject the famous temptation faced by Saint Anthony the Great, in the Egyptian desert, a theme often repeated in medieval and modern art. It is written in the form of a play script, detailing one night in the life of Anthony the Great, during which he is faced with great temptations.

The work was illustrated by the French painter Odilon Redon.

Temptations

Source:

Frailty

The Seven Deadly Sins

The Heresiarchs

The Martyrs

The Magicians

The Gods

Science

Food

Lust and Death

The Monsters

Metamorphosis

Characters

The following is a list of major characters and does not include characters such as the gods or the prophets. A complete list of characters can be found in the glossary of the Random House edition.

Saint Anthony: The protagonist. He is tempted by many characters and objects to stray from his belief that isolation is the truest form of worship.

Ammonaria: One of his sister's friends, Anthony is drawn into a battle between his desire for her and his desire to remain holy before God in his isolation. He is distraught that he cannot control his body.

King Nebuchadnezzar

The Queen of Sheba: Tempts Anthony with riches, trying to evoke lust.

Hilarion: Also known as Lucifer. Once Anthony's student, now he tries to tempt him away from his chosen lifestyle by creating doubt and eventually changes into Science.

Lust and Death: Lust appears as a young woman; Death, an old woman. They try to convince Anthony to give in to his desires and commit suicide.