IDENTITY
Der Spinnerin Nachtlied
Literature
Work Summary
A lyric in which a woman spinning alone at night remembers an absent or lost beloved. The recurring sounds of the nightingale and the spinning wheel combine memory, solitude and longing in a circular song-like structure.
Evidence Summary
The poem fits the German romantic material documented in his poetry albums.
Possible literary source only.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Clemens Brentano
Work
Der Spinnerin Nachtlied
Years / Period
1874–1877
Van Gogh Relation
Uncertain / Probable
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
1874–1877 — Letter 126 note 17 / Letter 18 note 1
Uncertain / Probable · Possible allusion
Editors say Van Gogh's wording is possibly an allusion to Brentano's Der Spinnerin Nachtlied.
Response: The poem fits the German romantic material documented in his poetry albums.
Connection: Possible literary source only.
Related Research Nodes
Study Subject
Themes
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