SOURCE: "Maupassant's Journalism: The Conservative Anarchist," in Maupassant in the Hall of Mirrors: Ironies of Repetition in the Work of Guy de Maupassant, St. Martin's Press, 1990, pp. 25–36.
In the following essay, Harris focuses on Maupassant's journalistic writings, pointing out how understanding Maupassant's nostalgia for the past (including his elitism and nationalism) and his perceptions of scientific progress is essential in evaluating his narrative technique.
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