New view of Remarque’s novels as a chronicle of the century yet more than a mere reflection of historical events.
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 onthe 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.
Brian Murdoch is Emeritus Professor of German atthe University of Stirling, Scotland.
Tabella dei contenuti
Erich Paul Remark and Erich Maria Remarque: The Writer and His Works:
Die Traumbude and
Gam
From the Frog’s Perspective:
Im Westen nichts Neues and
Der Weg zurück
Rootless in Weimar:
Der schwarze Obelisk and
Drei Kameraden
The First Europeans:
Liebe Deinen Nächsten and
Arc de Triomphe
Shadows:
Die Nacht von Lissabon and
Schatten im Paradies/Das gelobte Land
Educating Germany:
Der Funke Leben and
Zeit zu leben und Zeit zu sterben
The Lap of the Gods: From
Station am Horizont to
Der Himmel kennt keine Günstlinge
Select Bibliography
Index
Circa l’autore
BRIAN MURDOCH is Emeritus Professor of German at Stirling University, Scotland. He is the author of many books, including titles for both Camden House and D.S. Brewer.
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