| The Life of the Bee Contributor(s): Maeterlinck, Maurice (Author) |
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ISBN: 159605039X ISBN-13: 9781596050396 Publisher: Cosimo Classics OUR PRICE: $23.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2004 Annotation: When Maurice Maeterlinck, with a poet's sensibility and sensitivity, turned his attention to a bee hive, his observations turned into a masterpiece. In "The Life of the Bee," Maeterlinck illuminates the whole life and society of the bee, from the structure of the hive, to the movement and meaning of the swarm, to the role and activity of the queen. "The Life of the Bee" is for all readers curious about a brilliant thinker's mediation on a force of nature that, ultimately, holds lessons about the human race and our universe. Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949) won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1911. His plays, prose, and poems touched on philosophy, the natural world, and mysticism. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Animals - Insects & Spiders |
| Dewey: 595.799 |
| LCCN: 2005284308 |
| Physical Information: 1.14" H x 5.2" W x 7.96" (1.09 lbs) 436 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When Maurice Maeterlinck, with a poet's sensibility and sensitivity, turned his attention to a bee hive, his observations turned into a masterpiece. In "The Life of the Bee", Maeterlinck illuminates the whole life and society of the bee, from the structure of the hive, to the movement and meaning of the swarm, to the role and activity of the queen. "The Life of the Bee" is for all readers curious about a brilliant thinker's mediation on a force of nature that, ultimately, holds lessons about the human race and our universe. Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949) won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1911. His plays, prose, and poems touched on philosophy, the natural world, and mysticism. |