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All Quiet on the Western Front (1929): Library Resources

A list of resources available through Truxal Library for researching Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front

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Alternate Titles

Please note that Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front may be listed by its original German title, Im Westen nichts Neues.

Reference Material

Search the Library Catalog for the following reference titles that contain material about Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front. These titles may be available in other college or public libraries.

  • Atlas for the Great War
  • Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC) - Contains passages from literary criticism originally published in books and journals
    • [vol 21]  - look for Im Westen nichts Neues in the Cumulative Title Index, a separate paperback index that accompanies this multi-volume work
  • Cyclopedia of Literary Characters [vol 1]
  • Cyclopedia of Literary Places [vol 1]
  • Cyclopedia of World Authors [vol 3]
  • The Encyclopedia of Novels into Film
  • Literature and Its Times [vol 3]
  • Masterplots [vol 1]
  • Novels for Students [vol 4]
  • Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (TCLC) - Contains passages from literary criticism originally published in books and journals
    • [vol 34] - locate the topical essay "World War I Literature"
    • [vol 154] - locate the topical essay "Censorship in Twentieth-Century Literature"
  • World Authors [vol 3]

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