Table of Contents

Foreword 1. Medieval Literature 2. Humanism and Reformation 3. Baroque Literature 4. The Enlightenment 5. The Kunstepoche 6. Vormärz 7. Realism and the Grunderzeit 8. Under the Banner of Imperialism 9. Literature in the Weimar Republic 10. Literature in the Third Reich 11. German Literature in Exile 12. Post-1945 German Literature 13. Literature in the German Democratic Republic 14. Literature of the Federal Republic 15. Update A Guide to Further Literature Index of Names and Works

About the Author

Beutin, Wolfgang; Ehlert, Klaus; Emmerich, Wolfgang; Hoffacker, Helmut; Lutz, Bernd; Meid, Volker; Schnell, Ralf; Stein, Peter; Stephan, Inge