"All Quiet on the Western Front"

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The paper reveals that Remarque's "All Quiet on the Western Front" is probably the most successful war novel ever written. The paper discusses this tragedy that vividly conveys the physical horrors of war and looks closely at Remarque's descriptions of how war turned everything to a nightmare of senseless death.

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"All Quiet on the Western Front is probably the most successful war novel ever written. Its publishers have called it the greatest war novel ever written. When it first appeared in its American edition, it was reviewed favorably by a number of publications, including The Nation, The New Republic, Saturday Review of Literature, and the New York Times. It was an overwhelming best-seller in Germany and throughout the world. In Germany, it caused a traumatic polarization of political views, as right-wing nationalists were outraged over its antiwar and antimilitary message. Alarmed over the popularity of the book, they staged riots in various cities to protest the showing of the 1930 film version of the book, preventing it from being shown in many places."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Academy Awards (Oscars) for 1927-2003. World Almanac & Book of Facts, 2005.
• All Quiet on the Western Front. Magill Book Reviews, Jan. 1, 1990.
• Bithell, Jethro. Modern German Literature, 1880-1950 3d ed. (London, England: Methuen & Company, 1959).
• Book Review, The Nation, 129: 43 (July 10, 1929.
• Book Review, New Republic 59: 130 (June 19, 1929).

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