The A to Z of Postwar German Literature is devoted to modern
literature produced in the German language, whether from Germany,
Austria, Switzerland or writers using German in other countries. This
volume covers an extensive period of time, beginning in 1945 at what was
called "zero hour" for German literature and proceeds into the 21st
century, concluding in 2008. This is done through a list of acronyms and
abbreviations, a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and
hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on writers, such as
Nobel Prize-winners Heinrich Böll, Günter Grass, Elias Canetti, Elfriede
Jelinek, and W. G. Sebald. There are also entries on individual works,
genres, movements, literary styles, and forms.