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Critical Insights: All Quiet on the Western Front: Print Purchase Includes Free Online Access Hardcover - 2010

by Brian Murdoch (Editor)


About this book

All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel by German author Erich Maria Remarque. The book is narrated by Paul Bäumer, a young soldier who enlists in the German army during World War I. It follows the experiences of Bäumer and his comrades as they confront the harsh realities of trench warfare and struggle to cope with the physical and psychological trauma of the war. The novel is a powerful and poignant critique of the futility and brutality of war, and its impact on the lives of soldiers who are often treated as mere cannon fodder by their superiors. Remarque's masterful prose and vivid descriptions of the horrors of war make All Quiet on the Western Front a classic of modern literature.

In 1930, the novel was adapted into an acclaimed film directed by Lewis Milestone. It was the first talkie war film to win an Oscar. In 1979 it was adapted again into a television film by Delbert Mann starring Richard Thomas and Ernest Borgnine. In 2022 a new film was released directed by Edward Berger. This last adaptation won four Oscars.


From the publisher

Essay selections include a comparison of All Quiet on the Western Front to Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms, a comprehensive survey of the novel's popular and critical reception, an examination of the novel's often overlooked subtleties of tone, characterization, and plot, and Remarque's startling direct style and his relevance to twenty-first-century readers. Previously published essays offer a close reading of the novel and its themes of comradeship, and the devastating effects of war on those who live through them as well as an account of the production and reception of the 1930 film adaptation.

First Edition Identification

All Quiet on the Western Front’s true first edition was published in Germany (Im Propylaen-Verlagy; Berlin, 1929). Beige cloth lettered in maroon and black. The novel by Erich Maria Remarque was originally serialized in the Vossische Zeitung in late 1928, and then published in book form firstly in German in January 1929, preceding the English and American first editions. The original title in German was Im Westen nichts Neues.

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  • Title Critical Insights: All Quiet on the Western Front: Print Purchase Includes Free Online Access
  • Author Brian Murdoch (Editor)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Har/Psc
  • Pages 377
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Salem Press
  • Date 2010-10
  • ISBN 9781587657191 / 1587657198
  • Weight 1.7 lbs (0.77 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.1 in (23.37 x 16.26 x 2.79 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects World War, 1914-1918 - Germany - Literature, Remarque, Erich Maria
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010030208
  • Dewey Decimal Code 833.912

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Citations

  • Reference and Research Bk News, 02/01/2011, Page 240
  • School Library Journal, 06/01/2011, Page 67
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