MAURICE MAETERLINCK

MAURICE MAETERLINCK

BY

EDWARD THOMAS

WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS

SECOND EDITION

METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON

First Published …..October 12th, 1911
Second Edition …..November, 1911

DEDICATED TO

IRENE AND HUGH McARTHUR

CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION AND BIOGRAPHICAL OUTLINE

II. FIRST POEMS: "SERRES CHAUDES"

III. FIRST PLAYS: "LA PRINCESSE MALEINE, " "LES AVEUGLES," "L'INTRUSE," "LES SEPT PRINCESSES"

IV. "PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE"

V. "TROIS PETITS DRAMES POUR MARIONNETTES"

VI. EARLY PLAYS

VII. PHILOSOPHIC STUDIES: RUYSBROECK, EMERSON, AND NOVALIS

VIII. LATER POEMS: "QUINZE CHANSONS"

IX. "IAGLAVAINE ET SÉLYSETTE"

X. FIRST ESSAYS: "LE TRÉSOR DES HUMBLES"; "LA SAGESSE ET LA DESTINÉE"

XI. THREE PLAYS: "SŒUR BEATRICE," "ARDIANE ET BARBE BLEUE" AND "JOYZELLE"

XII. "LA VIE DES ABEILLES"

XIII. "LE TEMPLE ENSEVELI"

XIV. "MONNA VANNA"

XV. "LE DOUBLE JARDIN"

XVI. "L'INTELLIGENCE DES FLEURS"

XVII. "L'OISEAU BLEU"

XVIII. "MARY MAGDALENE"

XlX. CONCLUSION

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

MAURICE MAETERLINCK
Camera portrait by E. O. HOPPIÉ.

MAURICE MAETERLINCK AS A YOUNG MAN
Photograph by Dover Street Studios.

LES QUATRES CHEMINS

SAINT WANDRILLE. Ruins of the Abbey.
Photograph by L. LEVY.

MONSIEUR AND MADAME MAETERLINCK.
Photograph by Dover Street Studios.

ABBEY OF SAINT WANDRILLE, The Refectory.
Photograph by LA C. P. A.

ABBEY OF SAINT WANDRILLE, The Refectory (interior)
Photograph by NEURDEIN FRÉRES.

MAURICE MAETERLINCK
Photograph by Dover Street Studios.