IDENTITY
Au Bonheur des Dames
Literature
Work Summary
Au Bonheur des Dames by Émile Zola is a novel set around a vast Paris department store whose expansion transforms retail, urban space and the lives of both employees and small shopkeepers. Through Denise Baudu's experience, Zola examines modern commerce, consumer desire, spectacle, labour and the displacement of older forms of trade.
Evidence Summary
Scholarly annotation identifies Van Gogh's phrase 'act and create' as taken from a passage copied earlier from Zola.
Literary language enters Van Gogh's discussion of executing The Potato Eaters.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Émile Zola
Work
Au Bonheur des Dames
Years / Period
30 Apr 1885
Van Gogh Relation
Quoted / Copied, Discussed / Commented On, Mentioned
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
act and create
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
30 Apr 1885 — Letter 497
Literary phrase reused in artistic discussion
act and create
Response: Scholarly annotation identifies Van Gogh's phrase 'act and create' as taken from a passage copied earlier from Zola.
Connection: Literary language enters Van Gogh's discussion of executing The Potato Eaters.
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