Maurice Maeterlinck

The Buried Temple

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

I speak, for those who do not believe in the existence of a unique, all-powerful, infallible Judge, for ever intent on our thoughts, our feelings and actions, maintaining justice in this world and completing it in the next. And if there be no Judge, what justice is there? None other than that which men have made for themselves by their laws and tribunals, as also in the social relations that no definite judgment governs?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: 1st World Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 201g
• ISBN-13: 9781421888651
• ISBN-10: 1421888653
• Artikelnr.: 26878162

Autorenporträt

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.