Author: Una TaylorPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331919660
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Excerpt from Maurice Maeterlinck, Vol. 5: A Critical Study Some twenty or more years ago, in 1889, Maurice Maeterlinck entered upon his public literary career With the small volume of lyrics entitled Serres Chaudes and the drama of La Princesse Maleine, to be followed by some fifteen plays and dramatic scenes. Le Tresor des Humbles, appearing in 1896, in like manner preluded the series of volumes which com prise, up to the present day, the sum total of his philosophical treatises, ethical essays, and other prose writings. Poet-dramatist and transcendental essayist, Maeterlinck has elected to present his art and his thought in the two distinct forms dictated by the trend of his literary genius. But if it is inevitable that a critical appreciation of his works should deal separately with these diverse modes of expression, it is also necessary to bear in mind that the poet-dramatist never ceases to be a philosophic moralist, that the transcendental essayist never ceases to be a poet. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
