What is the 'second dialogue' under the spoken one, and does Maeterlinck give any technique for writing it?
Maeterlinck (1896, trans. Sutro) argues that beside the necessary dialogue there is another, seemingly superfluous one that addresses the soul, and that its quality sets the quality of the work; he names Ibsen's The Master Builder as the drama where this 'second degree' dialogue is deepest. It is a theory and an appeal to reflect on real conversation, not a technique list: in the essay text read it gives no steps. Useful as a definition and a standard to check against; no evaluation is given.
Maeterlinck (1896, trans. Sutro) argues that beside the necessary dialogue there is another, seemingly superfluous one that addresses the soul, and that its quality sets the quality of the work; he names Ibsen's The Master Builder as the drama where this 'second degree' dialogue is deepest. It is a theory and an appeal to reflect on real conversation, not a technique list: in the essay text read it gives no steps. Useful as a definition and a standard to check against; no evaluation is given.
Curator qualifications: All excerpts located; Maeterlinck 'second dialogue' (no concrete technique given, as stated).
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