Reading Vincent van Gogh Reading Vincent van Gogh A Thematic Guide to the Letters Patrick Grant Copyright © 2016 Patrick Grant Published by AU Press, Athabasca University 1200, 10011 – 109 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3S8 ISBN 978-1-77199-187-2 (pbk.) ISBN 978-1-77199-188-9 (pdf ) ISBN 978-1-77199-189-6 (epub) doi: 10.15215/aupress/9781771991872.01 Cover design by Martyn Schmoll Interior design by Sergiy Kozakov Printed and bound in Canada by Marquis Book Printers Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Grant, Patrick, author Reading Vincent van Gogh : a thematic guide to the letters / Patrick Grant. Includes bibliographical references. Issued in print and electronic formats. 1. Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890—Correspondence—History and criticism. 2. Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890--Themes, motives. I. Title. ND653.G7G837 2016 759.9492 C2016-905543-4 C2016-905544-2 We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $153 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund (CBF) for our publishing activities. Assistance provided by the Government of Alberta, Alberta Media Fund. This publication is licensed under a Creative Commons licence, Attribution– Noncommercial–No Derivative Works 4.0 International: see www. creativecommons.org. The text may be reproduced for non-commercial purposes, provided that credit is given to the original author. To obtain permission for uses beyond those outlined in the Creative Commons licence, please contact AU Press, Athabasca University, at
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