Louis Du Guerre Analysis

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Another example for this imaginative story telling is the fictitious conversation between the imposter Arnauds du Tilh and Martin Guerre. “As a thought-experiment, let us imagine what might have taken place if the heir from Artigat became friends with the golden-tongued peasant from Sajas. […] they exchange confidences. Martin expresses his ambivalence about his patrimony and his wife, perhaps seems to imply to his look-alike “take her.” And Pansette says to himself, “Why not?” In a way, these passages are reminiscent of classical dialogs, in which poets would use dialog as a narrative element to enrich their histories. The American historian Robert Finlay - one of Davis’ most pronounced critics – argues that some sources cannot be interpreted

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