Boule de Suif | Criticism
- Critical Essay on ‘‘Boule de Suif‘‘
Martinelli is a Seattle-based freelance writer and editor. In this essay, Martinelli examines how the main character’s dialogue and actions create a confused ethic of both ontologism and utilitarianism, the two major schools of philosophical thought of the nineteenth century.
- Kant’s Moral Argument for God in Relation to Maupassant’s Story
Carter is currently employed as a freelance writer. In this essay, Carter examines Immanuel Kant’s moral argument for God in relation to Maupassant’s story.
- The Decline and Fall of Elisabeth Rousset: Text and Context in Maupassant’s 'Boule de suife'
In the following essay excerpt, Donaldson- Evans discusses the main sexual theme and subthemes of nutrition, socioeconomics, and the military in ‘‘Boule de suif,’’ while placing the story within the context of Maupassant’s ‘‘war’’ and ‘‘whore’’ stories.
- The Decline and Fall of Elisabeth Rousset: Text and Context in Maupassant’s 'Boule de suife'
In the following essay excerpt, Donaldson- Evans discusses the main sexual theme and subthemes of nutrition, socioeconomics, and the military in ‘‘Boule de suif,’’ while placing the story within the context of Maupassant’s ‘‘war’’ and ‘‘whore’’ stories.
- Chapter 3: Maupassant’s Women: His Mother and His Heroines
In the following essay excerpt, Wallace argues that Maupassant’s admiration and love for women and disdain for men is a common theme in Maupassant’s works.
- The Finest Short Story?
In the following essay, the critic argues that de Maupassant’s writing is dazzling but lacks imagination.
- The French Decadence
In the following essay, Barry argues that Maupassant’s stories contain the ‘‘suffocating atmosphere and cold analysis’’ of Zola’s school of writing but also ‘‘humour, pathos, strong characterdrawing, and the most deceptive air, not merely of Realism but of real life.’’
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