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About the Author

Brian Murdoch traces the story's probable origins in medieval England or France, and its later appearance in versions from Iceland and Ireland to Iraq and Egypt, in verse and prose, in full-scale literary forms or in much-reduced folktales, in theological as well as secular contexts, down to Thomas mostrar mais Mann and beyond. mostrar menos

Includes the name: Brian O. Murdoch

Obras de Brian Murdoch

Cornish Literature (1993) 3 cópias

Associated Works

All Quiet on the Western Front (1928) — Tradutor, algumas edições18,982 cópias
The Road Back (1931) — Translation and Preface, algumas edições541 cópias
Shylock's Daughter (2000) — Tradutor, algumas edições108 cópias
The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Latin Literature (2012) — Contribuinte — 15 cópias
First World War [4 Book Boxed Set] (2013) — Posfácio — 5 cópias
Cornish Studies Twelve (2004) — Contribuinte — 3 cópias

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome padrão
Murdoch, Brian
Outros nomes
Murdoch, Brian O.
Data de nascimento
1944
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
UK
Ocupação
academic
Organizações
University of Stirling

Membros

Resenhas

Contains: Life of Adam -- Canticum de Creatione
 
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ME_Dictionary | Mar 19, 2020 |
I was very interested in reading this as my husband and I travelled to the battle sites of of WWI and WWII in the spring of 2016. We saw many battlefields and graveyards in the Netherlands, Belgium and France
Paul Baumer is the narrator of this story of the first world war. We follow Paul and his 6 schoolmates as they endure the camaraderie, training, combat, horror, death, destruction and hope. Until the last paragraph, he is the only survivor in Oct. 1918 and then he dies.
In my view, this is an excellent anti-war book. Paul starts out full of hope that the war won't last long but as it goes on, his opinions of the leadership of all governments involved become negative. He witnesses horrible battle sites, maiming of young men, trench warfare with rats and mud and dysentery. His comrades die and yet he still clings to a hope that he will make it out alive. He worries what life will be like after the war and whether the generation. The story studies the idea that this war was a battle of the egos of its leaders and was completely unnecessary and fruitless. It's a visceral account of a soldier's life as he faces the futility and destruction of the war.… (mais)
½
 
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MaggieFlo | Aug 30, 2016 |
While mostly about World War I and World War II, the last chapter is on music dealing with the threat of World War III in light of the bombings of Hiroshima/Nagasaki, which was helpful with my war protest music research.
 
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aulsmith | Jun 10, 2015 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
18
Also by
7
Membros
153
Popularidade
#136,480
Avaliação
4.1
Resenhas
4
ISBNs
42
Idiomas
1

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