IDENTITY
La mer — ‘Plages, grèves et falaises’
Other Nonfiction
Work Summary
A section of Michelet's La mer devoted to beaches, shores and cliffs. It combines observation of coastal geology and marine forces with poetic description of the meeting place between land, sea and human life.
Evidence Summary
The fragment recurs in his copied-text material and later correspondence.
The maritime landscape prose is explicitly selected and preserved.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Jules Michelet
Work
La mer — ‘Plages, grèves et falaises’
Years / Period
1875 / 1878
Van Gogh Relation
Quoted / Copied
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
1875 / 1878 — RM05 / Letter 143
Quoted / Copied · Copied / quoted
Van Gogh copied Michelet's description of Granville from the chapter.
Response: The fragment recurs in his copied-text material and later correspondence.
Connection: The maritime landscape prose is explicitly selected and preserved.
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