The problem with which this study is concerned is that of citing the themes which occur most often in the essays of Maurice Maeterlinck, and of tracing the development of these themes in selected representative essays. Since no detailed study of the essays has appeared since the time of Maeterlinck's death, the major sources of information are the essays themselves.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1975. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Diss. : Philosophische Fakultät : Bonn : 1976. - Bibliogr. des œuvres de M. Maeterlinck, p. 125-128. Bibliogr. p. 129-142. -

Texte remanié de: Thèse de doctorat--Lettres--Poitiers, 1973. / Bibliogr. p. 385-395. Index.

This thesis examines the impact of Maurice Maeterlinck’s ideas on modern artists. Maeterlinck's poetry, prose, and early plays explore inherently Symbolist issues, but a closer look at his works reveals a departure from the common conception of Symbolism. Most Symbolists adhered to correspondence theory, the idea that the external world within the reach of the senses consisted merely of symbols that reflected a higher, objective reality hidden from humans. Maeterlinck rarely mentioned symbols, instead claiming that quiet contemplation allowed him to gain intuitions of a subjective, truer reality. Maeterlinck’s use of ambiguity and suggestion to evoke personal intuitions appealed not only to nineteenth-century Symbolist artists like Édouard Vuillard, but also to artists in pre-World War I Paris, where a strong Symbolist current continued. Maeterlinck’s ideas also offered a parallel to the theories of Henri Bergson, embraced by the Puteaux Cubists Jean Metzinger and Albert Gleizes. Bolstered by new scientific discoveries that legitimized the existence of unseen realms, and intrigued by the idea of the fourth dimension as infinite higher space, Cubists such as Metzinger responded to Maeterlinck’s highly popular 1908 play L’Oiseau bleu, finding there an analogy to the Cubist quest for higher realities. Despite Maeterlinck’s popularity in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, he has been largely ignored, especially with regard to twentieth-century art. By examining the responses of artists and contemporary critics to Maeterlinck, as well as the intersection of his theories with the larger cultural context, this thesis aims to bring Maeterlinck back into focus. / text

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Texte remanié de: Thèse de doctorat--Histoire de l'art--Université libre de Bruxelles, 2005. / Publ. à l'occasion de l'exposition "Le musée imaginaire de Maurice Maeterlinck" organisée au Musée provincial Félicien Rops, Namur, Belgique, du 19 janvier au 13 avril 2008. Notes bibliogr. Index.

A presente pesquisa visa disponibilizar a organização de um processo criativo teóricoprático situado na interação da experimentação dos princípios atorais desenvolvidos pelo ator russo Michael Chekhov e na apropriação das teorias e estética simbolistas propostas por Maurice Maeterlinck, adotando como base principal o conceito de \"trágico cotidiano\". Propõe-se uma análise-associação, enquanto proposição criativa, para a elaboração de cena teatral configurada a partir da individualidade criativa do ator e da procura de uma teoria como provocação dramatúrgica por meio de um processo com fins artístico-pedagógicos. Essa possibilidade busca ser, na arte da atuação, uma ferramenta de aprofundamento na qual o ator é quem descobre e desenvolve sua própria linguagem cênica, resultando, finalmente, numa experiência prática de criação cênica autoral do ator, que abre um possível caminho de reflexão em torno da formação e do trabalho do ator como artista criador. / This research aims to provide the organization of a theorical-practical creative process, based on the interaction of the experiment of the actor\'s principles developed by the Russian actor Michael Chekhov, and on the appropriation of the symbolist theories and esthetic proposed by Maurice Maeterlinck, adopting as main base the concept of \"tragic daily life\". It is proposed an association analysis, as a creative approach to making theater scene set from of the actor\'s creative individuality and finding a theory as dramaturgical provocation through a process with artistic-pedagogical goals. This possibility intends to be a tool for deepening the art of acting in which the actor is who discovers and develops his/her own scenic language, resulting, in the end, in a practical experience of authorial scenic creation of the actor, which opens a possible way of thinking on the training and work of the actor as creative artist.

Die Oper „Ariane et Barbe-Bleue“ (Uraufführung 7. Mai 1907 in der Opéra-Comique Paris) von Maurice Maeterlinck und Paul Dukas weist mit der Protagonistin Ariane eine ungewöhnlich starke und selbstbewusste Frauenfigur auf, die entgegen allen Erwartungen und Konventionen gegen Verbote handelt, um die fünf gefangenen Ehefrauen Blaubarts zu befreien. Im Gegensatz zu anderen Frauenfiguren auf der Opernbühne des Fin de Siècle, wie beispielsweise Mélisande oder Salomé, wird sie nicht mit dem Tode bestraft, sondern geht nach ihrer Mission unversehrt von dannen. Maurice Maeterlinck gelang mit diesem Libretto und vor allem der Frauenfigur Ariane die Wende vom symbolistischen zum realistischen Theater. Paul Dukas sicherte sich die Vertonungsrechte für seine erste und einzige Oper, drängte Maeterlinck aber zu umfangreichen Änderungen am Libretto, die hier nachgezeichnet werden. Diese Arbeit untersucht den Entstehungsprozess des Librettos von den ersten Skizzen Maeterlincks 1898/1899 bis zur Endfassung des Textes der Orchesterpartitur (1907) und zeichnet den Einfluss Dukas’ auf die Konzeption des Librettos nach. Gleichzeitig werden die vorgenommenen Änderungen in Beziehung gesetzt zu Maeterlincks Dramenschaffen der Jahre 1890 bis 1902, die sowohl eine Entwicklung der Frauenfiguren als auch der Dramenkonzeption im allgemeinen aufweisen. Georgette Leblanc, Schauspielerin und Sängerin als auch Lebensgefährtin des Schriftstellers Maeterlinck, hatte einen nicht unerheblichen Einfluss auf die Entwicklung von Maeterlincks Frauenbild, dessen Entwicklung exemplarisch an den Dramen „Princesse Maleine“, „Aglavaine et Sélysette“ und „Monna Vanna“ nachgezeichnet wird. Die philosophischen Werke Maeterlincks („Le Trésor des Humbles“, „La Sagesse et la destinée“ und „Le Double Jardin“) bilden die theoretischen Grundlagen für Maeterlincks Werke und erlauben eine konkrete Verortung der Figur der Ariane innerhalb der Entwicklung des Frauenbildes Maeterlincks. / The opera “Ariane et Barbe-Bleue“ (première May 7, 1907 at Opéra-Comique in Paris) by Maurice Maeterlinck and Paul Dukas features the protagonist Ariane, a very unusual strong and self-conscious figure of a woman that acts against all kinds of expectations and limitations to free the five captured wives of Bluebeard. Unlike other figures of women of fin de siècle opera like Mélisande (‘femme fatal’) or Salomé (‘femme fragile’) Ariane is not punished for disobedience, after she accomplished her mission she walks away. With the libretto of “Ariane et Barbe-Bleue” Maeterlinck managed to change his dramatic technique from symbolistic to realistic theatre. Paul Dukas acquired the rights to set the libretto to music for his one and only opera and urged Maeterlinck to change important parts of the piece. This dissertation in on the one hand side uncovering Dukas’ participation on Maeterlinck’s libretto that can be traced in the three different stages of the libretto from the first version (preserved only in German) in 1899 through the published ‘Theatre’ version (1901) to the printed text in the score of 1907. This changes will be put in relation to the development of Maeterlinck’s dramatic changes of the years 1890 to 1902, which include also the development of the figure of women in his dramas in general. Georgette Leblanc, singer, actress and 23 years companion of Maeterlinck had a great impact of Maeterlinck’s picture of women and its’ development that are examined in the theatre plays “Princesse Maleine”, “Aglavaine et Sélysette” and “Monna Vanna”. The theoretical basis of his theatre works can be found in Maeterlinck’s philosophical works (“Le Trésor des humbles”, “La Sagesse et la destine” and “La Doube Jardin”) that also places the figure of Ariane in the context of the development of his image of women.