LEADER 03791nam 2200577 450 001 9910666111803321 005 20231206212512.0 010 $a1-927356-75-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000001306403 035 $a(CEL)466288 035 $a(OCoLC)887636759 035 $a(CaBNVSL)slc00234780 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4839985 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11376435 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL611765 035 $a(OCoLC)870916835 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1693403 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/p96ccb 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4839985 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1693403 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3293257 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001306403 100 $a20170510h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe letters of Vincent van Gogh $ea critical study /$fPatrick Grant 210 1$aEdmonton, [Alberta] :$cAU Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (239 pages) 225 1 $aCultural Dialectics,$x1915-8378 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-927356-74-1 311 $a1-306-80514-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: Letters as Literature -- Part I Vincent Agonistes: Religion, Morality, Art. Religious Convictions, Moral Imperatives -- The Artistic Life and Its Limits -- 327 $aPart II Thinking in Images. Birds' Nests: Art and Nature, Exile and Return -- The Mistral: Creativity and Adversity -- Cab Horses: Despair and Optimism -- 327 $aPart III Exploring with Ideas. By Heart: The Creative Unconscious -- A Handshake Till Your Fingers Hurt: Autonomy and Dependency -- Something New Without a Name: Beyond Religion, Morality, Art -- Conclusion: "My Own Portrait in Writing". 330 $aWhen he died at the age of thirty-seven, Vincent van Gogh left a legacy of over two thousand artworks, for which he is now justly famous. But van Gogh was also a prodigious writer of letters - more than eight hundred of them, addressed to his parents, to friends such as Paul Gauguin, and, above all, to his brother Theo. His letters have long been admired for their exceptional literary quality, and art historians have sometimes drawn on the letters in their analysis of the paintings. And yet, to date, no one has undertaken a critical assessment of this remarkable body of writing - not as a footnote to the paintings but as a highly sophisticated literary achievement in its own right. Patrick Grant?s long-awaited study provides such an assessment and, as such, redresses a significant omission in the field of van Gogh studies. As Grant demonstrates, quite apart from furnishing a highly revealing self-portrait of their author, the letters are compelling for their imaginative and expressive power, as well as for the perceptive commentary they offer on universal human themes. Through a subtle exploration of van Gogh's contrastive style of thinking and his fascination with the notion of imperfection, Grant illuminates gradual shifts in van Gogh's ideas on religion, ethics, and the meaning of art. He also analyzes the metaphorical significance of a number of key images in the letters, which prove to yield unexpected psychological and conceptual connections, and probes the relationships that surface when the letters are viewed as a cohesive literary product. The result is a wealth of new insights into van Gogh's inner landscape. 410 0$aCultural dialectics. 676 $a759.9492 700 $aGrant$b Patrick$0561455 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910666111803321 996 $aThe letters of Vincent van Gogh$92157620 997 $aUNINA