The Letters of Vincent van Gogh: A Critical Study
Patrick Grant, "The Letters of Vincent van Gogh: A Critical Study"
2014 | ISBN-10: 1927356741 | 254 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
2014 | ISBN-10: 1927356741 | 254 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
Vincent van Gogh’s letters are frequently admired for their exceptional literary quality, but there is no extended critique of this aspect of his writing. Addressing key constellations of metaphors and ideas, The Letters of Vincent van Gogh shows the remarkable imaginative coherence underlying the painter’s correspondence and charts van Gogh’s evolving conception of himself as an artist.
"In this book, I attempt to offer some assessment of the literary distinction of Vincent van Gogh’s collected letters. In doing so, I am not primarily interested in what the letters tell us about Van Gogh’s biography, or how they enable us to approach his paintings, or what they say about the times in which he lived. Rather, I focus on a point that commentators often notice in passing: namely, that this remarkable correspondence exercises upon us the same kind of challenging and revelatory power as does a great work of literature."