...of the 'Narcissus' (this preface can be taken as a statement of early modernism), that novels should aspire to the 'plasticity of sculpture, to the colour...painting, and to the magic suggestiveness of music'. Ford's attention to and development of these ideas have been seen in action throughout this book. 30...

...including painting and music, must 'be an impression conveyed through the senses' to be effective, the 'artistic aim when expressing itself in written...words must also make its appeal through the senses'. Directed by his or her temperament, the artist holds up a 'rescued fragment' from the 'remorseless...

...and time, must make its appeal through the senses, similarly to all other forms of art, by aspiring to "the plasticity of sculpture, to the colour of...suggestiveness of music - which is the art of arts" ("Preface" to The Nigger of the "Narcissus ", 12). The emphatic role of the bell and the clock in the...

...clarifying the ones he is experiencing in the present situation. Joseph Conrad writes, "All art... appeals primarily to the senses, and the artistic aim when expressing itself in the written words must also make its appeal through the senses, if its highest desire is to reach the...

...temperament whether individual or collective is not amenable to persuasion. All art, therefore, appeals to the senses, and the artistic aim when expressing...strenuously aspire to the plasticity of sculpture, to the color of painting, and to the magic suggestiveness of music—which is the art of arts. (707) Here...

...highest kind of justice to the visible universe, by bringing to light the truth . . . All art, therefore, appeals primarily to the senses, and the artistic...written words must also make its appeal through the senses'.96 Conrad's artistic theory, which describes his impressionist techniques well, suggests a...