SOURCE: "Violating a Sacred Bond: Monstrous Mothers on Trial," in Voices of Authority: Criminal Obsession in Guy de Maupassant's Short Works, Peter Lang, 1995, pp. 45-87.
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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