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Biography

Name: Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant
Birth Date: August 5, 1850
Death Date: July 6, 1893
Place of Birth: Normandy, France
Place of Death: Paris, France
Nationality: French
Gender: Male
Occupations: author

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Biography of Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant
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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) is the most celebrated of French short-story writers. The brilliance of his technique is combined with an ethical nihilism. Guy de Maupassant was born on Aug. 5, 1850, in Normandy; his exact...
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Biography of (Henri) (Rene Albert) Guy de Maupassant
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Acknowledged throughout the world as one of the masters of the short story, Guy de Maupassant was also the author of a collection of poetry, a volume of plays, six novels, three travel journals, and many chronicles. However, he clearly excelled in the...


Quotations
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Guy de Maupassant Quotes
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Henri-René-Albert-Guy de Maupassant ( 5 August 1850 - 6 July 1893 ) was a popular 19th-century French writer, one of the fathers of the modern short story. Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 Boule de Suif 1.2 The Necklace 1.3 The Wreck 1.4 Sur l’eau (1888) 2...


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Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Guy de Maupassant Information
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Medieval 16th century · 17th century 18th century · 19th century 20th century ·...


News and Journals
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Nineteenth-Century French Studies
Maupassant, Guy de. A Selection of the Chroniques (1881-87).(Book Review)
09/22/2004: 720 words, approx. 2 pages
Maupassant, Guy de. A Selection of the Chroniques (1881-87). Adrian C. Ritchie, ed. Bern: Peter Lang, 2002. Pp. 256. ISBN 3-906766-99-3. USA--ISBN 0-8204-5615-2 Prior to 1971, scholars interested in the journalistic production of Guy de Maupassant had to ferret out his articles...
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Symposium
The Racinian roots of Pierre et Jean: Maupassant's tragic doubles.(Guy de Maupassant)(Critical essay)
09/22/2005: 9,407 words, approx. 31 pages
Dans les flancs de ma Mere une guerre intestine De nos divisions lui marqua l'origine. Elles ont, tu le sais, paru dans le berceau Et nous suivront peut-etre encor dans le tombeau. --Jean Racine, La Thebaide 4.1 (923-26) La derniere dechirure etait faite;...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Mary L. Poteau-Tralie
17,196 words, approx. 57 pages
In the following excerpt, Poteau-Tralie traces the portrayal of the mother in Maupassant's works—focusing on the "good" mother, the criminal mother, the monstrous mother, and the "unnatural" mother—within the context of prevailing nineteenth-century thought; Maupassant's childhood; his thoughts on God, religion, and children; and his worldview.
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Critical Essay by Charles J. Stivale
16,144 words, approx. 54 pages
In the following excerpt, Stivale examines Maupassant's portrayal of the struggle between prostitutes and their environment through their relationships with les hommesfilles (men-harlots). The critic does this in three ways: by analyzing Maupassant's depiction of registered prostitutes; by studying the interactions between filles (prostitutes) and hommes filles; and by considering how women are depicted as "other" (for example, the lesbian woman, the exotic woman, or the anonymo...
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Critical Essay by Mary Donaldson-Evans
13,990 words, approx. 47 pages
In the following excerpt, Donaldson-Evans examines Maupassant's skepticism of traditional religion through his portrayal of various feminine types, including the pious woman; the woman who identifies herself with the Divinity; the woman as Virgin Mother; the sadistic woman incapable of love; and the cruel mother.
 


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