Guy de Maupassant
By: edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom
Series: Bloom's major short story writers
Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Philadelphia, USA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 103
ISBN-13: 9781438116167
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation
Description: Presents plot summaries, lists of characters, and critical views of the author's most famous short stories.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-98) and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York: Infobase Pub., 2012. Available via World Wide Web.

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Table of contents: title: Biography of Guy de Maupassant; title: Plot summary of "Boule de suif"; title: List of characters in "Boule de suif"; title: Critical views on "Boule de suif." Herbert Ernest Bates on Maupassant's relationship to Chekhov; title: G. Hainsworth on Flaubert and Schopenhauer; title: Matthew MacNamara on Maupassant's use of natural imagery; title: Trevor A. Le V. Harris on flat and round characters; title: Gustave Flaubert on "Boule de suif"; title: Olin H. Moore on romanticism, sinful women, and lofty sentiments; title: Plot summary of "Madame Tellier's establishment"; title: List of characters in "Madame Tellier's establishment"; title: Critical views on "Madame Tellier's establishment." Martin Turnell on the brothel; title: Prosser Hall Frye on Maupassant's eye for detail; title: Mary Donaldson-Evans on ambiguous religious conviction; title: Charles J. Stivale on the relationship between women and their clientele; title: Plot summary of "The necklace"; title: List of characters in "The necklace"; title: Critical views on "The necklace." Richard Fusco on the inversion story; title: Stephen Leacock on the influence of Maupassant's realism; title: John Raymond Dugan on setting; title: John Cowper Powys on coarseness and predatory humor; title: Plot summary of "A piece of string"; title: List of characters in "A piece of string"; title: Critical views on "A piece of string"; title: John Gardner and Lennis Dunlap on specificity and rhythm in the short story; title: Percy Lubbock on the act of telling; title: Anatole France on Maupassant's nationalism; title: Joseph Conrad on Maupassant's allegiance to facts; title: Plot summary of "The horla"; title: List of characters in "The horla"; title: Critical views on "The horla." Joan C. Kessler on the invisible being; title: Nancy H. Traill on first-person narration; title: Janko Lavrin on introspection; title: Ernest George Atkin on the psychology of supernaturalism.