Maurice Maeterlinck

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The Intruder, The Blind, The Seven Princesses, The Death Of Tintagiles (1920)

Beschreibung

The Intruder, The Blind, The Seven Princesses, The Death of Tintagiles is a collection of four plays by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck, originally published in 1920. The plays are known for their haunting and surreal atmosphere, and explore themes of isolation, death, and the supernatural.The first play, The Intruder, follows a family living in a remote country house who are terrorized by an unknown intruder. As the tension builds, they begin to suspect that the intruder may be a supernatural force.The Blind is a play about a group of blind people who are stranded in a forest after their guide dies. As they struggle to survive, they begin to turn on each other and question their own sanity.The Seven Princesses is a fairy tale-like story about seven princesses who are cursed to live in a tower by their father. When a prince comes to rescue them, they must choose between their loyalty to their father and their desire for freedom.The final play, The Death of Tintagiles, is a tragedy about a young prince who is kept prisoner in a castle by his cruel and jealous aunt. As he tries to escape, he is hunted down and ultimately killed.Overall, The Intruder, The Blind, The Seven Princesses, The Death of Tintagiles is a thought-provoking and atmospheric collection of plays that continue to captivate readers and audiences to this day.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Autor

Belgian dramatist, poet, and writer Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949) wrote in French. He was raised in Ghent, Belgium, and completed his legal studies there before starting to write. Maeterlinck played a significant role in the Symbolist movement, which favored the use of symbols and suggestions above more conventional forms of poetry and literature. The Intruder (1890) and The Blind (1890), two of his first plays, were regarded as breakthrough examples of Symbolist theatre. The drama "The Blue Bird" (1908), which examines themes of happiness and the quest for purpose in life, is Maeterlinck's most well-known composition. Because the play was so popular, it has been transformed into a wide variety of media, including a silent film in 1918 and an animated picture in 1976. Maeterlinck was not just an accomplished dramatist but also a prolific author who covered a broad variety of subjects, such as mysticism, the nature of consciousness, and the philosophy of science. In "The Intelligence of Flowers," his most well-known work, he addresses the notion that plants and flowers possess a certain level of awareness and intellect. The Nobel Prize in Literature was given to Maeterlinck in 1911, making him the first Belgian to do so. His writings had a profound impact on the development of contemporary play and literature, and his theories on consciousness and the natural world are being researched and discussed today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 321g
• ISBN-13: 9781437079296
• ISBN-10: 1437079296
• Artikelnr.: 25508911