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THE INTELLIGENCE OF FLOWERS By Maurice Maeterlinck **BRAND NEW**
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- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- ISBN-10
- 0791472744
- Publication Name
- State University of New York Press
- Type
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780791472743
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
STATE University of New York Press
ISBN-10
0791472744
ISBN-13
9780791472743
eBay Product ID (ePID)
60293662
Product Key Features
Book Title
Intelligence of Flowers
Number of Pages
106 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Life Sciences / Botany, Philosophy & Social Aspects, Essays
Publication Year
2007
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature, Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
4 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2007-001782
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"...a wonderfully enjoyable, insightful and worthwhile read ... This work would be of interest to anyone excited by the remarkable process of the plant world and would expressly appeal to gardeners and flower growers." -- Huntia "A rare gem, written ... in lyrical and accessible prose." -- The Times Literary Supplement "...Maeterlinck is a seductive essayist ... [and] writes with the same intrinsic humility that will be familiar to admirers of John Muir, Aldo Leopold, or Mary Oliver." -- The Boston Globe "That the intelligence of flowers provides Maeterlinck with a theory riddled with contradictions--mostly as a result of his metaphoric reasoning--seems less important than the fundamental truths of the metaphors unto themselves. As a result, 'The Intelligence of Flowers' is happily welcome once more, in this centenary reissue." -- San Francisco Chronicle "The republication of Maurice Maeterlinck's 'The Intelligence of Flowers,' regrettably forgotten in our time, is long overdue. The introduction by Mosley is itself a gem, and contains one of the best overviews in print of writings about intelligence in Nature." -- Stephen Harrod Buhner, author of The Secret Teachings of Plants: The Intelligence of the Heart in the Direct Perception of Nature
TitleLeading
The
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
844/.8
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction The Intelligence of Flowers Scents On the Publication History of Maeterlinck's Botanical Essays Select Bibliography
Synopsis
Winner of the 2008 Prix de la Traduction Littéraire presented by French Community of Belgium The second of Maeterlinck's four celebrated nature essays--along with those on the life of the bee, ant, and termite--"The Intelligence of Flowers" (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 "Scents," 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., A new translation of one of Maeterlinck's four great nature essays. Winner of the 2008 Prix de la Traduction Littéraire presented by French Community of Belgium The second of Maeterlinck's four celebrated nature essays-along with those on the life of the bee, ant, and termite-"The Intelligence of Flowers" (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 "Scents," 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., The second of Maeterlinck's four celebrated nature essays--along with those on the life of the bee, ant, and termite--"The Intelligence of Flowers" (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 "Scents," 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.
LC Classification Number
PQ2625.A4I513 2008
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