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Maurice Maeterlinck

Belgian playwright associated with Symbolist movement.

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Also known as Maurice Maeterlinck, Maeterlinck

First appearance: i

Maurice Maeterlinck shows up with force in XVII. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Listed as a poet whose works are mistakenly valued as high art in contemporary society.
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CBCharles Baudel…PVPaul VerlaineSMStéphane Malla…LVLudwig van Bee…RWRichard WagnerMMMaurice Maeterlinck

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  • Decadent French poets
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