IDENTITY
L'hirondelle
Other Nonfiction
Work Summary
A section or poetic-natural-history passage by Michelet devoted to the swallow. The bird's flight, migration and proximity to human dwellings become occasions for observation and imaginative reflection on animal life.
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
L'hirondelle
Years / Period
3 Apr 1878
Van Gogh Relation
Quoted / Copied
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
CONNECTIONS
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 'L'hirondelle'.
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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