ABSTRACT
IT has been noted above 1 that painting, sculpture, and music comprise some of the elements of persuasion, and may sometimes serve its purposes; and this is true not only of those but of all the fine arts, and especially of literature. Thus poetry, appealing strongly to the imagination and the emotions, contains some of the elements of persuasion; but it is more disinterested, less closely related to action, appeals more to the sense of beauty, and soars higher. The novel and the drama are the forms of literary art that are most nearly akin to persuasion as a form of expression.
