After reading a brief literary comparison, I realize I only remember like, 3 scenes from #allquietonthewesternfront
thank you to my #englishteacher for putting it on the reading list
But maybe it's time for a skim, just for reference. Not like the reading list isn't long enough.
Just finished a reread of Erich Maria Remarque's 'All quiet on the western front'. It really is a phenomenal piece of writing. It is hard though to see it in literary terms because its theme is so urgent. It seems extraordinary to me that we have forgotten what that, and subsequent, generations taught us and we are back to cheering on the slaughter in the name of nation and civilisation.
#ErichMariaRarque, #AllQuietOnTheWesternFront, #Books, #Fiction
What’s Entering the #PublicDomain in 2026: #Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, #AllQuietontheWesternFront, #BettyBoop & More
https://www.openculture.com/2026/01/whats-entering-the-public-domain-in-2026.html
Though it isn't the kind of thing one hears discussed every day, serious Disney fans do tend to know that Goofy's original name was Dippy Dawg. But how many of the non-obsessive know that Mickey's faithful pet Pluto was first called Rover?