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the letters of vincent van gogh cultural dialectics Series editor: Raphael Foshay The diff erence between subject and object slices through subject as well as through object. Theodor W. Adorno Cultural Dialectics provides an open arena in which to debate questions of culture and dialectic — their practices, their theoretical forms, and their rela- tions to one another and to other spheres and modes of inquiry. Approaches that draw on any of the following are especially encouraged: continental phil- osophy, psychoanalysis, the Frankfurt and Birmingham schools of cultural theory, deconstruction, gender theory, postcoloniality, and interdisciplinarity. series titles Northern Love: An Exploration of Canadian Masculinity Paul Nonnekes Making Game: An Essay on Hunting, Familiar Things, and the Strangeness of Being Who One Is Peter L. Atkinson Valences of Interdisciplinarity: Theory, Pedagogy, Practice Edited by Raphael Foshay Imperfection Patrick Grant The Undiscovered Country: Essays in Canadian Intellectual Culture Ian Angus The Letters of Vincent van Gogh: A Critical Study Patrick Grant The Letters of Vincent van Gogh A Critical Study patrick grant Copyright © 2014 Patrick Grant Published by AU Press, Athabasca University 1200, 10011 – 109 Street, Edmonton, AB t5j 3s8 A volume in Cultural Dialectics 1915-836X (print) 1915-8378 (electronic) Cover and interior design by Natalie Olsen, Kisscut Design Printed and bound in Canada by Marquis Book Printers doi: 10.15215 / aupress / 9781927356746.01 Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Grant, Patrick, author The letters of Vincent van Gogh : a critical study / Patrick Grant. (Cultural dialectics) Includes bibliographical references. Issued in print and electronic formats. isbn 978-1-927356-74-6 (pbk.). — isbn 978-1-927356-75-3 (pdf). — isbn 978- 1-927356-76-0 (epub). 1. Gogh, Vincent van, 1853–1890 — Correspondence — History and criticism. I. Title. II. Series: Cultural dialectics nd653.g7g83 2014759.9492 c2014-900937-2 c2014-900938-0 This book has been published with the help of a grant from the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, through the Awards to Scholarly Publica- tions Program, using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. We acknowledge the fi nancial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund (CBF) for our publishing activities. Assistance provided by the Government of Alberta, Alberta Multimedia Develop- ment Fund. Please contact AU Press, Athabasca University at [email protected] for permissions and copyright information. For Hans Luijten This page intentionally left blank I fi nd such interesting things in Vincent’s letters and it would really be a remarkable book if one could see how much thinking he did and how he remained true to himself. theo van gogh, 8 September 1890 This page intentionally left blank contents Preface and Acknowledgements xi Introduction: Letters as Literature 3 Part I Vincent Agonistes: Religion, Morality, Art 1 Religious Convictions, Moral Imperatives 23 2 The Artistic Life and Its Limits 51 Part II Thinking in Images 3 Birds’ Nests: Art and Nature, Exile and Return 73 4 The Mistral: Creativity and Adversity 91 5 Cab Horses: Despair and Optimism 107 Part III Exploring with Ideas 6 By Heart: The Creative Unconscious 133 7 A Handshake Till Your Fingers Hurt: Autonomy and Dependency 159 8 Something New Without a Name: Beyond Religion, Morality, Art 185 Conclusion: “My Own Portrait in Writing” 209 Notes 221 Index 235
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