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All Quiet on the Western Front | Study Guide

Erich Maria Remarque

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Overview

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Author

Erich Maria Remarque

Year Published

1929

Type

Novel

Genre

War Literature

Perspective and Narrator

All Quiet on the Western Front is narrated in the first person by Paul Bäumer until the final two paragraphs, when a third-person objective narrator takes over after Bäumer's death.

Tense

All Quiet on the Western Front is narrated in the present tense.

About the Title

The Western Front of the title refers to the combat lines between Germany and Britain and France during World War I. The words All Quiet create verbal irony because the front is never quiet except in moments of death.

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