The Racinian roots of Pierre et Jean: Maupassant's tragic doubles.(Guy de Maupassant)(Critical essay)

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   Dans les flancs de ma Mere une guerre intestine 
   De nos divisions lui marqua l'origine. 
   Elles ont, tu le sais, paru dans le berceau 
   Et nous suivront peut-etre encor dans le tombeau. 
   --Jean Racine, La Thebaide 4.1 (923-26) 
 
   La derniere dechirure etait faite; il ne tenait plus a rien. En 
   arrachant de 
   son coeur les racines de toutes ses tendresses, il n'avait pas 
   eprouve 
   encore cette detresse de chien perdu qui venait soudain de le 
   saisir. 
   --Guy de Maupassant, Pierre et Jean (204)

IN A LETTER TO HIS MOTHER, written immediately ...

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