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A Timeline of the History of German Literature (Eine Zeittafel der Geschichte der deutschen Literatur)

This was my final project for GER 454 - German Literature II in 1998, and represents a general survey of the history of German literature. It was cobbled together at a time when the web was in its infancy, so there were not nearly as many resources available online as there are now, so it served as a reference for many students and researchers. It's likely a bit dated now, but I'm making it available in this wiki, after many years of not being available due to the university removing students' personal websites, in the hopes that some may continue to find it useful.

Old High German Period (800-1050)

Middle High German Period (1050-1300)

Early Modern Period (1300-1550)

Baroque Style Predominates (1550-1700)

Age of Rationalism (1700-1775)

Age of Idealism (1775-1850)

Age of Realism (1850-World War II)

The Postwar Generation: A divided Germany (Post World War II)

Reunification/Modern Germany (November 9, 1989-Present)

Citations / References

NOTE: these are the original sources as used in 1998; if an updated link is available, it has been posted along side the reference.

Primary

Compton's Encyclopedia Encarta German Literature Links Grolier 1997 Multimedia Encyclopedia (on CD-ROM) Literatur Links Online German Studies Projekt Gutenberg Western European Specialists Section

Other

bibliotheca Augustana Luther's Hymns German Literature Medieval Literature 19th Century German Lit Olivers Links zur Literatur Projeckt Alfred The German Collection at the University of Virginia DaDaism Online German war poetry during WWI