A Companion to German Literature

Presents, in an immensely readable yet profoundly scholarly account, the history of German literature from the Reformation and Renaissance to the late twentieth century, in the wider context of Germanic culture, over the whole German-speaking area of Europe.

Preface. List of Maps. Note to the Reader. 1. The Sixteenth Century. 2. The Seventeenth Century. 3. The Augustan Age of German Literature. 4. The Classical Age of German Literature. 5. The Romantic Era. 6. From Biedermeier to Realism. 7. The Literature of the Metropolis. 8. Classical Modernism. 9. Literature after 1945. Postscript. Biographical Index. General Index.