Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck - Couverture rigide

Bithell, Jethro

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 080461556X ISBN 13 : 9780804615563

Editeur : Irvington Publishers Inc.,U.S., 1972

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Book by Bithell Jethro

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Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck was born at Ghent on the 29th of August, 1862. It is known that his family was settled at Renaix in East Flanders as early as the fourteenth century; and the Maeterlincks are mentioned as burghers of Ghent in the annals of Flanders. The name is said to be derived from the Flemish word "maet" (Dutch "maat"), "measure," and is interpreted as "the man who measures out: distributor." In harmony with this interpretation the story goes that one of the poet's ancestors was mayor of his village during a year of famine, and that he in that capacity distributed corn among the poor. Maeterlinck's father was a notary by profession; being in comfortable circumstances, however, he did not practise, but lived in a country villa at Oostacker, near Ghent, on the banks of the broad canal which joins Ghent to the Scheldt at the Dutch town of Terneuzen. Here through the paternal garden the sea-going ships seemed to glide, "spreading their majestic shadows over the avenues filled with roses and bees."

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Irvington Publishers Inc.,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 1972
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 080461556X
• ISBN 13: 9780804615563
• Reliure: Relié
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible