IDENTITY
Le rossignol, l'art en l'infini
Other Nonfiction
Work Summary
A section devoted to the nightingale and to the idea of art reaching toward the infinite. Michelet uses the bird's song to connect natural expression with beauty, creative intensity and a sense of boundlessness.
Evidence Summary
The passages are woven into his reflection on books, nature and inner development.
Documented textual use; no separate causal artistic claim is added.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Jules Michelet
Work
Le rossignol, l'art en l'infini
Years / Period
3 Apr 1878
Van Gogh Relation
Quoted / Copied
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
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Evidence Trail
3 Apr 1878 — Letter 143, note 31
Quoted / Copied · Quoted / alluded to
The scholarly notes identify Van Gogh's phrases as taken from Michelet's chapter 'Le rossignol, l'art en l'infini'.
Response: The passages are woven into his reflection on books, nature and inner development.
Connection: Documented textual use; no separate causal artistic claim is added.
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