IDENTITY
Complete works
Literature
Work Summary
A collected edition bringing together Shakespeare's plays and, depending on the edition, his poems. As a corpus it encompasses tragedy, comedy, history and romance, ranging across political power, love, family conflict, identity, ambition and the instability of human judgement.
Evidence Summary
He calls Shakespeare beautiful and says the characters feel alive and visible.
The collected edition is the material basis for his intensive Saint-Rémy reading.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
William Shakespeare
Work
Complete works
Years / Period
2 Jul 1889
Van Gogh Relation
Owned / Had Access To
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
2 Jul 1889 — Letter 784
Owned / Had Access To · Received / reading collected Shakespeare
Van Gogh thanks Theo for the Shakespeare sent to him and says he has begun the history plays, naming Richard II, Henry IV and half of Henry V.
Response: He calls Shakespeare beautiful and says the characters feel alive and visible.
Connection: The collected edition is the material basis for his intensive Saint-Rémy reading.
Related Research Nodes
Study Subject
Themes
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