The novels of Erich Maria Remarque: sparks of life

Erich Maria Remarque is a writer of great popularity who has rightly been described as a "chronicler of the twentieth century." He is both a German writer and a genuinely international one. Although he spent much of his life in exile from Germany, most of his novels reflect its twentieth-c...

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Main Author: Murdoch, Brian 1944- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Rochester, NY Camden House 2006
Series:Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/9781571136770
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https://doi.org/10.1017/9781571136770
Summary:Erich Maria Remarque is a writer of great popularity who has rightly been described as a "chronicler of the twentieth century." He is both a German writer and a genuinely international one. Although he spent much of his life in exile from Germany, most of his novels reflect its twentieth-century history: the two world wars and the Weimar and Nazi regimes, and especially their effects on the individual. His portrayals of the lives of refugees from Nazi Germany are especially vivid. His themes are universal, dealing with human relationships, with love in particular, and with the provisional nature of life. Often seen as a one-novel writer due to the immense success of All Quiet on the Western Front, Remarque wrote many other novels, major works that have nearly all been filmed and have remained popular. Nor should it be ignored that his works are above all else immensely readable: not a negligible criterion. This new study of Remarque's novels treats them as a chronicle of the century, but also looks at them as works that go beyond the reflection of historical events
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Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 245 Seiten)
ISBN:9781571136770
DOI:10.1017/9781571136770