Talk:Maurice Maeterlinck

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thread_title:  Trivia and Pop sections deleted 

message: I have removed the short bibliography section, because I thought the template was a more adequate and organized list.--AppaAliApsa (talk) 04:54, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The short bibliography 

message: "He began to study mysticism and lambasted the Catholic church in his essays for construing the history of the universe."  I'm sure this can't be what the author of this article meant, but I can't work out what he did mean.  Misconstruing, perhaps?
Лудольф (talk) 14:50, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: "Misconstruing" is certainly possible from a grammatical point of view, and it would fit well with Maeterlinck's "lambasting" of the Catholic Church.  It would be helpful if we got input from whoever added the text (sometime between January and April 2008 I think), or someone who has access to the cited source, but I reckon we can just change it.  In fact, I'll do it now.  Cheers, --PLUMBAGO 15:37, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Correction needed 

message: You'll find some great stuff about Maeterlinck and Sam Goldwyn in Hollywood in a book of screenwriter memories, Schmucks With Underwoods. I'd do it myself but I'm marking term papers. Best,  Profhum (talk) 21:05, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Call for Contributors

message: Is there any more information about what became of Leblanc, the first actress?  Or anything about how he responded to the accusations of plagiarism? 122.163.206.66 (talk) 07:15, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I cannot find any reference to a reaction to the charges of plagiarism. He must have been aware of it. pietopper (talk) 16:57, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bit of a S..t? 

message: Article cites two or more quotations from a reference work given solely as 'Cole (1980)'. --Jumbolino (talk) 08:03, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll try to help you here. Firstly, the texts citing "Cole (1980)' do not refer to the plagiarism allegations, but to an altogether different aspect of Maeterlinck towards the end of the article. The section of the alleged plagiarism is quite well referenced, with 5 or 6 different academics, articles, and books quoted, some of them by internationally renowned personalities such as Robert Ardrey. The plagiarism accusation does not rely on an "idea" published in an "article" in the Dutch press being stolen (although that would also be plagiarism, contrary to your assertion that "most people" would not regard it such) but on a whole natural phenomenon, published as a book (which you can buy in the original or in translation from Amazon.) The book was serialized in Dutch magazines, which is (probably) where Maeterlinck came across it. I personally own both Maeterlinck and Marais' books, and my personal opinion is that there is no doubt about the plagiarism. As for Marais being "never heard of again," well, perhaps you should read the Wikipedia article on him. He is revered as one of the most important poets, authors and thinkers in the Afrikaans language, as well as being one of the original thinkers and researchers in the science of ethology according to Robert Ardrey. It seems that there are quite a lot of people that you have "never heard of." 
Having said all that, I changed the heading of the section. pietopper (talk) 14:04, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Identifying sources  

message: How come he was a Fleming, being born in a French speaking family?
--Jidu Boite (talk) 05:32, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fleming? 

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