IDENTITY
Une femme seule
Literature
Work Summary
A narrative poem about a separated woman living under the social judgement attached to her marital situation. Her restraint, vulnerability and isolation are observed sympathetically within the conventions of respectable bourgeois society.
Evidence Summary
Van Gogh copies the poem in Letter 430; unlike the others, it was not recopied in Letter 433.
The copied poem is part of Van Gogh's explicit comparison between poetry and visual art where stated in the letter.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
François Coppée
Work
Une femme seule
Years / Period
18–23 Feb 1884
Van Gogh Relation
Quoted / Copied, Compared / Connected
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
18–23 Feb 1884 — Letter 430
Quoted / Copied · Copied / transcribed
Van Gogh copies/transcribes Coppée's poem ‘Une femme seule’.
Response: Van Gogh copies the poem in Letter 430; unlike the others, it was not recopied in Letter 433.
Connection: The copied poem is part of Van Gogh's explicit comparison between poetry and visual art where stated in the letter.
Related Research Nodes
Study Subject
Themes
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