Verhaeren, Emile / Essays

[1].

"Die Bewunderung als Weltgefühl" in Neue Freie Presse [Wien], 6 September 1911 [No. 16897], pp. 1-2

Reprinted as: "Weltbewunderung" in Insel-Almanach auf das Jahr 1913. Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1913, pp. 7-13. This is a slightly altered version

French original: [First printing] "La multiple Splendeur. Conférence de M. Émile Verhaeren. Avec le concours de M. Brémont" in Journal de l'Université des Annales [Paris], 9, 2:17 [22 March 1915], pp. (311)-319

Reprinted in: Émile Verhaeren. Impressions. Vol. III. Paris: Mercure de France, 1926, pp. (197)-205

This lecture contains six poems:

1.

"Je vous aime gars des pays...", p. 313

2.

"C'était au temps de Naran-Sin, tyran d'Agade...", pp. 313-314

3.

"Oh! que les bras, les mains, les doigts, les fronts, les yeux...", p. 314

4.

"La Joie", pp. 316-317

5.

"Autour de ma Maison", pp. 317-318

6.

"L'Arbre", pp. 318-319

The lecture was delivered 12 times:

France

1.

Paris, 19 January 1911, under the title "La multiple Splendeur", at the Université des Annales

2.

Paris, 10 December 1911, under the title "La Poésie de l'enthousiasme", at the Maison des Étudiants

Germany

3.

Hamburg, 1 March 1912, at the Musikhalle

4.

Berlin, 5 March 1912

5.

München [Munich], 15 March 1912

Belgium

6.

Bruxelles [Brussels], 29 March 1912

Switzerland

7.

Genève [Geneva], 21 November 1912

8.

Sankt Gallen [Saint-Gall], 22 November 1912

9.

Zürich [Zurich], 25 November 1912

Russia

10.

Sankt Peterburg [Saint-Petersburg], 7 December 1913

11.

Moskva [Moskow], 12 December 1913

12.

Warszawa [Warsaw. Under Russian rule at that time], 27 December 1913

[2].

"Préface" in A Louange de la nature. Aimons les arbres. Pages choisies. By Louis Piérard. Preface by Émile Verhaeren. 2nd, enlarged edition. Frameries (Belgique): Dufrane-Frairt, Imprimeur-éditeur, 1910, pp. (5)-6. Verhaeren's preface was translated into German by Zweig and included in "Von den Bäumen" in Der Kunstwart. Halbmonatssschrift für Ausdruckskultur auf allen Lebensgebieten [München], 24:19 [First July issue 1911], pp. 42-44. See pp. 43-44