SOURCE: "Figures of Male Repute," in The Art of Rupture: Narrative Desire and Duplicity in the Tales of Guy de Maupassant, University of Michigan Press, 1994, pp. 111-41.
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 anonymous woman).
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