"The period immediately following the end of the First World War witnessed an outpouring of artistic and literary creativity, as those that had lived through the war years sought to communicate their experiences and opinions. In Germany this...
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"The period immediately following the end of the First World War witnessed an outpouring of artistic and literary creativity, as those that had lived through the war years sought to communicate their experiences and opinions. In Germany this manifested itself broadly into two camps, one condemning the war outright; the other condemning the defeat. Of the former, Erich Maria Remarque's 'All Quiet on the Western Front' remains the archetypal example of an anti-war novel, and one that has become synonymous with the Great War. Yet the tremendous and enduring popularity of Remarque's work has to some extent eclipsed a plethora of other German anti-war writers, such as Hans Chlumberg, Ernst Johannsen, and Adrienne Thomas. In order to provide a more rounded view of German anti-war literature, this volume offers a selection of essays published by Brian Murdoch over the past twenty years"-- The period immediately following the end of the First World War witnessed an outpouring of artistic and literary creativity, as those that had lived through the war years sought to communicate their experiences and opinions. In Germany this manifested itself broadly into two camps, one condemning the war outright; the other condemning the defeat. Of the former, Erich Maria Remarque's 'All Quiet on the Western Front' remains the archetypal example of an anti-war novel, and one that has become synonymous with the Great War. Yet the tremendous and enduring popularity of Remarque's work has to some extent eclipsed a plethora of other German anti-war writers, such as Hans Chlumberg, Ernst Johannsen, and Adrienne Thomas. In order to provide a more rounded view of German anti-war literature, this volume offers a selection of essays published by Brian Murdoch over the past twenty years. --
From the hymn of hate to the way of sacrifice: German writing in the First World WarOn Erich Maria Remarque -- All Quiet on the Trojan front: Remarque's soldiers and Homer's heroes in a parody of Im Westen nichts Neues -- Translating the western front: A. W. Wheen and E. M. Remarque [with an addendum] -- Narrative strategies in Remarque's Im Westen nichts Neues -- "We Germans..." Remarque's English novel All Quiet on the Western Front -- Paul Bäumer's diary -- Going forwards on the road back: the end of the war and its aftermath in Remarque's second war-novel -- Innocent killing. Erich Maria Remarque and the Weimar anti-war novels -- On Ernst Johanssen -- Habent sua fata libelli: Johannsen's Vier von der Infanterie and Remarque's Im Westen nichts Neues -- Bestial humans and humane beasts: Ernst Johannsen's Vier von der Infanterie (Four Infantrymen) and Fronterinnerungen eines Pferdes (A horse on the front line), 1929 [with an addendum] -- On Adrienne Thomas -- "Hinter die Kulissen des Krieges sehen": Evadne Price, Adrienne Thomas, and E. M. Remarque -- On Edlef Köppen -- Documentation and narrative: Edlef Köppen's Heeresbericht and the anti-war novel of the late Weimar republic -- On Leonhard Frank -- War, identity, truth and love: Leonhard Frank's Karl und Anna -- On Arnold Zweig -- Arnold Zweig -- On Hans Chlumberg -- Memory and prophecy among the war-graves: Chlumberg's Wunder um Verdun.
