Maeterlinck, Maurice
Maeterlinck, Maurice (1862–1949),Belgian poet, playwright, and essayist. Consistent with his ties to the symbolist movement, Maeterlinck displays a distinct attraction for fantasy, dreams, and the imaginary throughout his œuvre. Going against the prevailing fin‐de‐siècle theatrical aesthetic of realism and naturalism, many of his plays draw on pseudo‐chivalric romance and folklore (e.g. Les Sept Princesses (The Seven Princesses, 1891), Pelléas et Mélisande (1893), Ariane et Barbe‐Bleue (1901)). Maeterlinck's most famous fairy‐tale work is L'Oiseau bleu ( The Blue Bird , 1909), a play for children. The plot, which bears no resemblance to the tale by d'Aulnoy with the same title, concerns two children, Tyltyl and Mytyl, who are sent by the fairy Bérylune to find the Blue...
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