10 letters found

1. 096 To Theo van Gogh. Isleworth, Friday, 3 November 1876.

   in note 17:

   ...usion to The pilgrim’s progress (1678) by John Bunyan. The complete title reads: The pilgrim’s p...

2. 099 To Theo van Gogh. Isleworth, Saturday, 25 November 1876.

   in translation:

   ... the pilgrim’s progress. If you can ever get Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s progress, it’s very worthwhil...

   in note 22:

   For Bunyan’s The pilgrim’s progress, see letter 96, n. 17.

3. 117 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Wednesday, 30 May 1877.

   in translation:

   ...e through it all unharmed? A book by Bunyan tells of a traveller who sees a lion lying at t...

   in note 17:

   This particular passage in Bunyan’s The pilgrim’s progress ends with the words of the...

4. 130 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Friday, 7 September 1877.

   in translation:

   Received from him Bunyan, The pilgrim’s progress, that is an asset, as is Bossuet, Oraison funèbre...

   in note 14:

   ... Oraisons funèbres, see letter 129; regarding Bunyan’s The pilgrim’s progress, see letter 99, n....

5. 133 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Tuesday, 30 October 1877.

   in translation:

   ...omplete it. Have also finished an extract from Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s progress. Am working all the ti...

   in note 4:

   For Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s progress, see letter letters 96, n. 17 and 99, n. 22.

6. 155 To Theo van Gogh. Cuesmes, between about Tuesday, 22 and Thursday, 24 June 1880.

   in translation:

   ...we there’s something of Ary Scheffer. And in Bunyan there’s something of M. Maris or of Millet, a...

7. 407 To Theo van Gogh. Nieuw-Amsterdam, Monday, 26 November 1883.

   in note 4:

   ...nd. ‘Enchanted Ground’ is a key concept in Bunyan’s A pilgrim’s progress and is a metaphor fo...

8. 507 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Tuesday, 9 June 1885.

   in note 8:

   Most probably an allusion to Bunyan: see letter 407, n. 4.

9. 656 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 6 August 1888.

   in translation:

   ...that not only Moses, Mohammed, Christ, Luther, Bunyan and others were mad, but also Frans Hals, Rembr...

10. 822 To Emile Bernard. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Tuesday, 26 November 1889.

    in note 14:

    Possibly an allusion to Bunyan; see letter 407, n. 4.

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1. Van Gogh as a letter-writer / The letters: from conventional to personal

   in letter_writer_2:

   ...e, was still acceptable, and he raved about John Bunyan’s A pilgrim’s progress. In his Amsterdam...

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