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IDENTITY

L'Amour

Other Nonfiction

Work Summary

A book-length meditation on love, courtship, marriage and the emotional relationship between men and women. Michelet combines social prescription, moral reflection and idealized psychology in an attempt to describe love as a formative force in private and family life.

Evidence Summary

Van Gogh sends a photograph of a Philippe de Champaigne painting and cites Michelet's long-lasting response to it.

Literature mediates Van Gogh's attention to a work of visual art.

CONTEXT

Author / Source

Jules Michelet

Work

L'Amour

Years / Period

19 Jun 1875

Van Gogh Relation

Quoted / Copied

EVIDENCE

Key Quotation

she stayed with me for 30 years

CONNECTIONS

Evidence Trail

19 Jun 1875 — Letter 35

Quoted / mediated response to painting

she stayed with me for 30 years

Response: Van Gogh sends a photograph of a Philippe de Champaigne painting and cites Michelet's long-lasting response to it.

Connection: Literature mediates Van Gogh's attention to a work of visual art.

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Study Subject

Themes

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