IDENTITY
William Shakespeare
Literature
Work Summary
A book-length critical and philosophical work occasioned by Shakespeare but expanding into a broad meditation on genius, literature, history and the social role of great artists. Hugo presents Shakespeare among the supreme creative minds while arguing for art's moral and democratic significance.
Evidence Summary
Scholarly notes identify close engagement and parallels between Hugo's analogical thinking and Van Gogh's own.
Van Gogh explicitly joins books and visual art; scholarly notes trace Hugo's book in the structure of his thought.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Victor Hugo
Work
William Shakespeare
Years / Period
22–24 Jun 1880
Van Gogh Relation
Compared / Connected
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
the love of books is as holy as that of Rembrandt
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
22–24 Jun 1880 — Letter 155
Read closely / absorbed modes of comparison
the love of books is as holy as that of Rembrandt
Response: Scholarly notes identify close engagement and parallels between Hugo's analogical thinking and Van Gogh's own.
Connection: Van Gogh explicitly joins books and visual art; scholarly notes trace Hugo's book in the structure of his thought.
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