Historical Dictionary of German Literature to 1945 covers a wide swath
of literary analysis and achievement, from Old High German lays and
ecclesiastical encomia to Middle High German epics, sagas, and love
lyrics. While extensive in its chronological dimension, the Historical
Dictionary of German Literature to 1945 is equally comprehensive in the
geographical and genre areas it covers. The history of this period in
German literature is told through a detailed chronology, an introductory
essay, a comprehensive bibliography, and over 200 cross-referenced
dictionary entries on poetry, novels, historical narrative,
philosophical musings, and drama. The exceptional writers who emerged
and shaped German literature over the centuries-including Walther von
der Vogelweide, Johann Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, Gotthold
Ephraim Lessing, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Friedrich Schiller, Heinrich
Heine, Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Mann, and many others who are well
known and admired worldwide-are also covered.