...the atmosphere becomes cleared of what are only unimportant mists that drift past in imposing shapes. When once the truth is grasped that one's own personality...only a ridiculous and aimless masquerade of something I hopelessly unknown, the attainment of serenity is not very far off. Then there remains nothing but...

...the atmosphere becomes cleared of what are only unimportant mists that drift past in imposing shapes. When once the truth is grasped that one's own personality...but the surrender to one's impulses, the fidelity to 1 A wedding present. 2 Conrad and his fiancee planned to spend their honeymoon in Brittany. -* Text...

...the atmosphere becomes cleared of what are only unimportant mists that drift past in imposing shapes. When once the truth is grasped that one's own personality is only a ridiculous masquerade of something hopelessly unknown the attainment of serenity is not very far off."18 Royal...

...Erkenntnis Freuds vorweg, daß das bürgerliche Individuum keinesfalls "Herr im Haus des Seins ist": When once the truth is grasped that one's own personality is only a ridiculous and aimlcss masquerade of somcthing hopelessly unknown the attainment of serenity is not very far off....

...protoexistentialist) stand for the possibility of attaining "serenity" through the necessary apprehension that "one's own personality is only a ridiculous and...aimless masquerade of something hopelessly unknown" (Garnett 46). As with Marlow, Conrad, through his profound disappointment at the lack of self-identical...

...monde comme de lui-même ainsi que le souligne Conrad dans une lettre adressée à Edward Garnett : "one's own personality is only a ridiculous and aimless masquerade of something hopelessly unknown."17 Le héros conradien comprend trop tard son impuissance à maîtriser l'espace, à arrêter...