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BL
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1010164
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b764534
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| Title & Author
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Guy de Maupassant /\ edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom.
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| Publication Statement
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Philadelphia :: Chelsea House Publishers,, ©2004.
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| Series Statement
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Bloom's major short story writers
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (103 pages).
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| ISBN
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1438116160
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: 9781438116167
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-98) and index.
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| Contents
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Biography of Guy de Maupassant -- Plot summary of "Boule de suif" -- List of characters in "Boule de suif" -- Critical views on "Boule de suif." Herbert Ernest Bates on Maupassant's relationship to Chekhov -- G. Hainsworth on Flaubert and Schopenhauer -- Matthew MacNamara on Maupassant's use of natural imagery -- Trevor A. Le V. Harris on flat and round characters -- Gustave Flaubert on "Boule de suif" -- Olin H. Moore on romanticism, sinful women, and lofty sentiments -- Plot summary of "Madame Tellier's establishment" -- List of characters in "Madame Tellier's establishment" -- Critical views on "Madame Tellier's establishment." Martin Turnell on the brothel -- Prosser Hall Frye on Maupassant's eye for detail -- Mary Donaldson-Evans on ambiguous religious conviction -- Charles J. Stivale on the relationship between women and their clientele -- Plot summary of "The necklace" -- List of characters in "The necklace" -- Critical views on "The necklace." Richard Fusco on the inversion story -- Stephen Leacock on the influence of Maupassant's realism -- John Raymond Dugan on setting -- John Cowper Powys on coarseness and predatory humor -- Plot summary of "A piece of string" -- List of characters in "A piece of string" -- Critical views on "A piece of string" -- John Gardner and Lennis Dunlap on specificity and rhythm in the short story -- Percy Lubbock on the act of telling -- Anatole France on Maupassant's nationalism -- Joseph Conrad on Maupassant's allegiance to facts -- Plot summary of "The horla" -- List of characters in "The horla" -- Critical views on "The horla." Joan C. Kessler on the invisible being -- Nancy H. Traill on first-person narration -- Janko Lavrin on introspection -- Ernest George Atkin on the psychology of supernaturalism.
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| Abstract
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Presents plot summaries, lists of characters, and critical views of the author's most famous short stories.
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| Subject
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Maupassant, Guy de,1850-1893-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Maupassant, Guy de,1850-1893.
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| Dewey Classification
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843/.8
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| LC Classification
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PQ2356.G89 2004
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| Added Entry
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Bloom, Harold.
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