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• Hemingway and Maupassant: More Light on 'The Light of the World.'

  From: Hemingway Review

  Spring 19944,370 words Critical essay [(essay date spring 1994) In the following essay, Jobst and Williamson probe the use of humor and religious symbolism in "La maison Tellier" and Ernest Hemingway's "The Light of the World."] There was no sense in...

• Social Commentary and Sexuality in Maupassant's 'La Maison Tellier.'

  From: Nineteenth Century French Studies

  Fall-Winter 19954,072 words Critical essay [(essay date fall-winter 1995-96) In the following essay, Mead investigates Maupassant's broad social vision in his story "La Maison Tellier."] To most readers, Maupassant offers two faces. On the one hand, he is...

• Proper Names in Maupassant's Short Stories

  From: Names

  Dec. 19923,232 words Critical essay [(essay date December 1992) In the following essay, Schapira investigates Maupassant's method for creating character names in stories, noting the additional narrative dimensions afforded by his choices.] In the ten...

• (Re)Assigning Blame: Adultery and Its Victims

  From: Voices of Authority: Criminal Obsession in Guy de Maupassant's Short Works

  199414,575 words Critical essay [(essay date 1994) In the following essay, Poteau-Tralie analyzes the condemnation of adulteresses that is a regular feature of Maupassant's stories, suggesting that this stance betrays the author's fear of female power...