El universo suspendido de Maurice Maeterlinck

  1. Guillermo Aguirre Martínez
Journal:
El Genio Maligno: revista de humanidades y ciencias sociales

ISSN: 1988-3927

Year of publication: 2013

Issue Title: Cultura

Issue: 13

Type: Article

More publications in: El Genio Maligno: revista de humanidades y ciencias sociales

Abstract

Maurice Maeterlinck’s work (1862-1949) covers an extended period that starts at the beginning of his youth and continues until his death. After an initial stage in which silence, mistery and upwards aspiration dominate his works, the author will open a way towards clarity and light, as we can see in plays like, for example, The blue bird. This paper aims to study how this second step, despite remaining full of symbolism and inner significance, will open the doors to a world where the oppressive environment gives way to freedom and light. For this, we will take concepts and ideas of same neoplatonic philosophers who strongly influenced Maeterlinck’s theatre.

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