• List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. The Carolingian period and the early Middle Ages (750–1100) Brian O. Murdoch; 2. The high and later Middle Ages (1100–1450) Nigel F. Palmer; 3. The early modern period (1450–1720) Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly; 4. The German enlightenment (1720–1790) Ruth-Ellen Boetcher Joeres; 5. Aesthetic humanism (1790–1830) Nicholas Saul; 6. Revolution, resignation, realism (1830–1890) Gail Finney; 7. From naturalism to national socialism (1890–1945) Ritchie Robertson; 8. The literature of the German Democratic Republic (1945–1990) Helen Fehervary; 9. German writing in the West (1945–1990) Moray McGowan; Select bibliography; Index.

'The reader will gain much valuable information from this book. The bibliographical section is very good; many chapters bring familiar and less familiar works into sharp focus.' The Times Higher Education Supplement

• List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. The Carolingian period and the early Middle Ages (750–1100) Brian O. Murdoch; 2. The high and later Middle Ages (1100–1450) Nigel F. Palmer; 3. The early modern period (1450–1720) Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly; 4. The German enlightenment (1720–1790) Ruth-Ellen Boetcher Joeres; 5. Aesthetic humanism (1790–1830) Nicholas Saul; 6. Revolution, resignation, realism (1830–1890) Gail Finney; 7. From naturalism to national socialism (1890–1945) Ritchie Robertson; 8. The literature of the German Democratic Republic (1945–1990) Helen Fehervary; 9. German writing in the West (1945–1990) Moray McGowan; Select bibliography; Index.

'The reader will gain much valuable information from this book. The bibliographical section is very good; many chapters bring familiar and less familiar works into sharp focus.' The Times Higher Education Supplement

• List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. The Carolingian period and the early Middle Ages (750–1100) Brian O. Murdoch; 2. The high and later Middle Ages (1100–1450) Nigel F. Palmer; 3. The early modern period (1450–1720) Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly; 4. The German enlightenment (1720–1790) Ruth-Ellen Boetcher Joeres; 5. Aesthetic humanism (1790–1830) Nicholas Saul; 6. Revolution, resignation, realism (1830–1890) Gail Finney; 7. From naturalism to national socialism (1890–1945) Ritchie Robertson; 8. The literature of the German Democratic Republic (1945–1990) Helen Fehervary; 9. German writing in the West (1945–1990) Moray McGowan; Select bibliography; Index.

'The reader will gain much valuable information from this book. The bibliographical section is very good; many chapters bring familiar and less familiar works into sharp focus.' The Times Higher Education Supplement