Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not Just for Scholars,
By
This review is from: All Quiet on the Western Front (Literary Companion (Greenhaven Hardcover)) (Hardcover)
The Greenhaven Press Literary Companion Series stated goal is to provide "an accessible resource for students researching America's and the world's greatest literary lives and works." This collection of essays succeeds in providing thought-provoking essays on Remarque's "All Quiet on the Western Front" without being so challenging that only a scholar of literature would wish to read it. While this book is not for the average reader by any means, I feel that a motivated undergraduate or high school student with a strong interest in literature will find several articles of interest. Certainly someone who's enjoyed a few college courses in literature will find this collection of essays interesting.If feel that an adult reader wanting to gain further understanding of the novel will enjoy this book more than a student. Certainly, the article "'All Quiet' is an immature novel of adolescent self-pity" will be more interesting to someone beyond his/her teens or twenties. I must point out that this novel was written at least in part as an attempt at therapy, so the self-pity critique may not be entirely fair. Perhaps the "self-pity" essay will inspire someone to write a book entitled "The Immature Jerk in Literature." If so, I urge this reader to start looking for adolescent self-pity in "Red Badge of Courage", where this theme seems to be part of the author's intent rather than here, where it's a product of the author's genuine angst and the critics cynicism. Ultimately, this collection says more about reactions to the novel than the novel itself. One essay is on how the author learned that he can empathize with a German. Another reflects reactions to Book of The Month Club's self-censoring the novel before releasing it. Literary analyses is also in the collection, such as "Paul Bäumer is a Christ Figure". No one will agree with the conclusions of all the essays. Certainly "All Quiet is false and seditious" will not reflect the opinions of most readers of the novel. Certainly someone uninterested in critical thinking may not enjoy the selection. But someone who remembers the excitement of literature class in the distant past may enjoy this collection and reread some of these essays several times.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Library Summary book-Cliff notes not the actual book,
By
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: All Quiet on the Western Front (Literary Companion (Greenhaven Hardcover)) (Hardcover)
A detail summary book of the novel. Not what I thought I ordered but a great addition that I didn't know existed. I was pleasantly surprised by reading the book. A Great find.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
