Serres chaudes

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Hothouses

The cover of the English language version of Maurice Maeterlinck's Serres chaudes, translated as Hothouses.
Author Maurice Maeterlinck
Original title Serres chaudes
Translator Richard Howard
Illustrator Georges Minne
Cover artist Lisa Clark
Country Belgium
Language French
Genre(s) Poetry
Publisher Vanier
Publication date 1889
Published in
English		 2003
Pages Approx. 108
ISBN Hardcover: 0-691-08837-3 Paperback: 0-691-08839-1

Serres chaudes (Hothouses or Hot House Blooms) (1889) is a book of symbolist poetry by Belgian Nobel Laureate Maurice Maeterlinck. Most of the poems in this collection are written in octosyllabic verse, but some are in free verse.

Contents

[edit] Poems

  1. "Serre chaude"
  2. "Oraison (I)"
  3. "Serre d'ennui"
  4. "Tentations"
  5. "Cloches de verre"
  6. "Offrande obscure"
  7. "Feuillage du cœur"
  8. "Âme chaude"
  9. "Âme"
  10. "Lassitude"
  11. "Chasses lasses"
  12. "Fauves las"
  13. "Oraison (II)"
  14. "Heures ternes"
  15. "Ennui"
  16. "Hôpital"
  17. "Oraison nocturne"
  18. "Désirs d'hiver"
  19. "Ronde d'ennui"
  20. "Amen"
  21. "Cloche à plongeur"
  22. "Aquarium"
  23. "Verre ardent"
  24. "Reflets"
  25. "Visions"
  26. "Oraison (III)"
  27. "Regards"
  28. "Attente"
  29. "Après-midi"
  30. "Âme de serre"
  31. "Intentions"
  32. "Attouchements"
  33. "Âme de nuit"

[edit] English translations

Serres chaudes has been translated into English by Richard Howard. This edition, published by Princeton University Press also contains a short prose work, The Massacre of the Innocents, inspired by a Brueghel painting of the same name, as well as illustrations by Georges Minne that appeared in the original volume.

[edit] Trivia

"Serre chaude," "Serre d'ennui," "Lassitude," "Fauves las," and "Oraison" were all set to music by French composer Ernest Chausson. "Feuillage du cœur" was set to music by Arnold Schoenberg under the name Herzgewächse and by the Belgian composer Serge Verstockt (original title).

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The works of Maurice Maeterlinck
Plays Princesse Maleine | The Intruder | The Blind | The Seven Princesses | Pelleas and Melisande | Alladine and Palomides | Interior |The Death of Tintagiles | Aglavaine and Sélysette | Ariane and Bluebeard | Sister Beatrice | Monna Vanna | Joyzelle | The Blue Bird | Mary Magdelene | The Miracle of St. Anthony | The Mayor of Stilmonde | The Betrothal | The Cloud That Lifted | The Power of the Dead | Berniquel | Marie-Victoire | Joan of Arc | Father Setubal | The Three Justiciaries | The Last Judgment
Poems Hothouses | Twelve Songs
Short Stories The Massacre of the Innocents | Onirology
Ballet The Dance of the Stars
Essays, Prose The Treasure of the Humble | Wisdom and Destiny | The Life of the Bee | The Intelligence of Flowers | The Life of the Termite | Blue Bubbles