IDENTITY
Serialization of Zola's L’Œuvre
Periodical / Journalism
Work Summary
The newspaper serialization of Émile Zola's L'Œuvre. The serialized text presents Zola's novel of the painter Claude Lantier, artistic ambition, modern painting and destructive obsession in instalments for the readership of Gil Blas.
Evidence Summary
The serialization supplied current literary material that he discussed while thinking about artists and artistic life.
Documents periodical-mediated reading of a novel in progress.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Gil Blas
Work
Serialization of Zola's L’Œuvre
Years / Period
Jan–Feb 1886
Van Gogh Relation
Read, Quoted / Copied, Discussed / Commented On
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
Jan–Feb 1886 — Letters 552 and 561
Read · Read excerpt / quoted
Van Gogh says he saw an excerpt from Zola's new book in Gil Blas and later quotes from a chapter.
Response: The serialization supplied current literary material that he discussed while thinking about artists and artistic life.
Connection: Documents periodical-mediated reading of a novel in progress.
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