 No, it is impossible; it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one's existence — that which makes its truth, its meaning — its subtle and penetrating essence. It is impossible. We live, as we dream — alone.  Youth, a Narrative, and Two Other Stories - Side 82af Joseph Conrad - 1928 - 339 siderBegrænset visning - Om denne bog
 | 1918 - 550 sider
...like this last which he never witnessed ? He who said, "It is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one's existence — that which...its meaning, its subtle and penetrating essence," how can he venture to lay bare the life-essence of Roderick Anthony, whom he never saw ? Our query... | |
 | 1918 - 542 sider
...like this last which he never witnessed? He who said, "It is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one's existence — that which...its meaning, its subtle and penetrating essence," how can he venture to lay bare the life-essence of Roderick Anthony, whom he never saw ? Our query... | |
 | 1918 - 568 sider
...like this last which he never witnessed? He who said, "It is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one's existence — that which...its meaning, its subtle and penetrating essence," how can he venture to lay bare the life-essence of Roderick Anthony, whom he never saw ? Our query... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 364 sider
...was silent for a while. ". . . No, it is impossible; it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one's existence — that which...listeners could hardly see one another. For a long tune already he, sitting apart, had been no more to us than a voice. There was not a word from anybody.... | |
 | Ian Watt - 1981 - 400 sider
...experience, and later he is driven to conclude that it is "impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one's existence — that which...its meaning — its subtle and penetrating essence" (82). Marlow's ironic consciousness of how far he is from being able to tell "the full story," and... | |
 | Cornelia Niekus Moore, Raymond A. Moody - 1989 - 244 sider
...giving that narrator a local habitation and the name Marlow) in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness: It had become so pitch dark that we listeners could...hardly see one another. For a long time already he [Marlow], sitting apart, had been no more to us than a voice. There was not a word from anybody. The... | |
 | Mark Wollaeger - 1990 - 288 sider
...he still finds disturbing: "... No, it is impossible; it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one's existence — that which...It is impossible. We live, as we dream — alone. . . ." (HD 82) -1 The skeptical implications of this passage reverberate throughout Conrad's canon.... | |
 | Tzvetan Todorov - 1990 - 150 sider
...grasp things through language. "No, it is impossible; it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one's existence - that which...subtle and penetrating essence. It is impossible" (ibid.). The essence, the truth - the heart of the story - is inaccessible, the reader will never reach... | |
 | Richard Ambrosini - 1991 - 274 sider
...in the paragraph which follows: "No, it is impossible; it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one's existence - that which...essence. It is impossible. We live, as we dream - alone" (82). The questions Marlow is raising are of central importance for an understanding of the conflicts... | |
 | Christopher Collins - 1991 - 226 sider
...Thames estuary. He continues: "No, it is impossible; it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one's existence — that which...its meaning — its subtle and penetrating essence. 1l is impossible. We live, as we dream — alone. . . ." He paused again as if reflecting, then added... | |
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