IDENTITY
La Esmeralda
Literature
Work Summary
A libretto adapting the story of Esmeralda and Notre-Dame de Paris for opera. It condenses Hugo's novel around Esmeralda, Phoebus, Frollo and Quasimodo, preserving the tragic conflict of desire, persecution and social exclusion in a form designed for musical drama.
Evidence Summary
The quotation is used in his comparison of Quasimodo with Thijs Maris.
Direct quotation embedded in a literature–artist comparison.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Victor Hugo
Work
La Esmeralda
Years / Period
20–21 Feb 1883
Van Gogh Relation
Quoted / Copied, Compared / Connected, Editorially Identified
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
20–21 Feb 1883 — Letter 318, note 11
Quoted / Copied · Quoted / editorially identified
Van Gogh quotes words spoken by Quasimodo; the editors identify them as coming from Hugo's opera libretto La Esmeralda.
Response: The quotation is used in his comparison of Quasimodo with Thijs Maris.
Connection: Direct quotation embedded in a literature–artist comparison.
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