The Intelligence of Flowers (eBook)

Maurice Maeterlinck (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2013
106 Seiten
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
978-0-7914-7921-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Winner of the 2008 Prix de la Traduction Litteraire presented by French Community of BelgiumThe second of Maeterlinck's four celebrated nature essays-along with those on the life of the bee, ant, and termite-"e;The Intelligence of Flowers"e; (1907) represents his impassioned attempt to popularize scientific knowledge for an international audience. Writing with characteristic eloquence, Maeterlinck asserts that flowers possess the power of thought without knowledge, a capacity that constitutes a form of intelligence. Appearing one hundred years after the first publication, Philip Mosley's new translation of the original French essay, and the related essay "e;Scents,"e; maintains the verve of Maeterlinck's prose and renders it accessible to the present-day reader. This is a book for those who are excited by creative encounters between literature and science as well as current debates on the relationship of humankind to the natural world.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.12.2013
• Einführung: Philip Mosley
• Übersetzer: Philip Mosley
• Zusatzinfo: Total Illustrations: 0
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
• ISBN-10: 0-7914-7921-8 / 0791479218
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-7921-6 / 9780791479216