IDENTITY
L'Année terrible
Literature
Work Summary
A poetry collection responding to the Franco-Prussian War, the siege of Paris and the Paris Commune. Hugo combines grief, patriotism, political denunciation and personal reflection in poems shaped by national catastrophe and the violence of 1870–71.
Evidence Summary
He calls its idea of hope in the stars true, well said and beautiful, and reflects on it at length.
Direct stated intellectual response to the work.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Victor Hugo
Work
L'Année terrible
Years / Period
15 Jul 1888
Van Gogh Relation
Read, Discussed / Commented On
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
15 Jul 1888 — Letter 642
Read · Read / evaluated
Van Gogh says he has just read Victor Hugo's L'année terrible.
Response: He calls its idea of hope in the stars true, well said and beautiful, and reflects on it at length.
Connection: Direct stated intellectual response to the work.
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