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" A work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line. And art itself may be defined as a single-minded attempt to render the highest kind of justice to the visible universe, by bringing to light the... "
Joseph Conrad and the Fictions of Skepticism - Page 33
by Mark Wollaeger - 1990 - 284 pages
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 119

1917 - 996 pages
...appearances, are the prevailing notes in all that he has to say of his own art. 'Art itself,' he says, 'may be defined as a single-minded attempt to render...truth, manifold and one, underlying its every aspect.' The artist must 'reveal the substance of its truth — disclose its inspiring secret: the stress and...
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The Sewanee Review, Volume 33

1925 - 562 pages
...outcome. He is prepared to receive the calm and studied impression of that art which Conrad himself defined as "a single-minded attempt to render the...manifold and one, underlying its every aspect." It is this feature of Conrad's technique, more than any other, which throws into sharp relief the soughtfor...
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The Sewanee Review, Volume 32

1924 - 550 pages
...existence strong enough to take upon itself a form of imagined life clearer than reality." He attempts "to render the highest kind of justice to the visible...light the truth, manifold and one, underlying its very aspect. '"' And in this endeavor he acts upon the belief that "There is not a place of splendor...
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The Sewanee Review, Volume 32

1924 - 570 pages
...existence strong enough to take upon itself a form of imagined life clearer than reality." He attempts "to render the highest kind of justice to the visible...light the truth, manifold and one, underlying its very aspect."4 And in this endeavor he acts upon the belief that "There is not a place of splendor...
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The North American Review, Volume 208

1918 - 978 pages
...suppressed preface to his Nigger of the " Narcissus ", the true artist's work is " a simple-minded attempt to render the highest kind of justice to the...truth manifold and one, underlying its every aspect." In Amsterdam there is, or was, a picture of a cow, by one (I forget which) of the Marises, which I...
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The Nigger of the Narcissus: A Tale of the Forecastle

Joseph Conrad - 1919 - 246 pages
...aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line. And art itself may be defined as a singleminded attempt...forms, in its colours, in its light, in its shadows, injhe aspects of matter and in the facts of life, what of each is fundamental, what is enduring and...
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The Nigger of the Narcissus: A Tale of the Forecastle

Joseph Conrad - 1919 - 254 pages
...aspires, however humbly, to the con- j dition of art should carry its justification in every ' line. And art itself may be defined as a singleminded attempt...underlying its every aspect. It *""" is an attempt to find hi its forms, in its colours, in its light, in its shadows, in the aspects of matter and in the facts...
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Herbert Samuel Mallory - 1923 - 554 pages
...however humbly, to the condition of Art and art should carry its justification in every line, thought And art itself may be defined as a singleminded attempt...manifold and one, underlying its every aspect. It is an attempt^to find in its forms, in its colours, in its light, in its shadows, in the aspects of matter...
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The Complete Works of Joseph Conrad, Volume 23

Joseph Conrad - 1925 - 198 pages
...aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line. And art itself may be defined as a single-minded attempt...forms, in its colours, in its light, in its shadows, hi the aspects of matter and in the facts of life what of each is fundamental, what is enduring and...
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Complete Works, Volume 23

Joseph Conrad - 1914 - 200 pages
...however humbly, to the condition of art sEould carry its justification in every line. AncParTTtself may be defined as a single-minded attempt to render...by bringing To light the truth, manifold and one, underlvjng its every aspect. It is an attempt to find in its forms," m its colours, in its light, in...
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