Modris Eksteins, "All Quiet on the Western Front and the Fate of a War,"' in The Journal of Contemporary History, Vol. 15, No.2, April, 1980, pp. 345-65.
This critic argues that All Quiet on the Western Front became a success because it accurately portrayed public sentiment about war in 1929.
Hildegarde Emmel, History of the German Novel, trans. Ellen Summerfield, Wayne State University Press, 1984. This book places Remarque's story in the context of other German war novels.
Richard Arthur Firda, All Quiet on the Western Front: Literary Analysis and Cultural Context, Twayne, 1993.
An excellent general introduction to the themes, structure, style, and History of All Quiet on the Western Front.
Richard Arthur Firda, Erich Maria Remarque: A Thematic Analysis of His Novels, Peter Lang (Amsterdam), 1988.
This book examines the themes of Remarque's.....
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