Erich Maria Remarque, Der schwarze Obelisk [The Black Obelisk]

Hans Wagener (University of California, Los Angeles)

Ed. by Gerhard P. Knapp, University of Utah
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.4.1: German-language Writing and Culture: Germany, 500-present.
Vol. editors: Gerhard P. Knapp (University of Utah), Jennifer Marston William (Purdue University), Herbert Rowland (Purdue University), Jill E. Twark (East Carolina University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1956

Places

Germany (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

Resources

Although first published in 1956, Der schwarze Obelisk [The Black Obelisk] is in some respect a continuation of the Remarque’s much earlier war novels Im Westen nichts neues [All Quiet on the Western Front, 1929] and Der Weg zurück [The Road Back, 1931]. The novel is set between April and October 1923, i.e. during the time between these two novels and Kammerater [Three Comrades, 1936]. It is the time when the hyperinflation in Germany was reaching its peak, when workers were being paid twice a day and speculators became rich. The salaried civil servants and the poor, particularly t…

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Citation: Wagener, Hans. "Der schwarze Obelisk". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 13 October 2008 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=19778, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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