German Studies: Literary Criticism

Authoritative, in-depth treatment of the authors, works, topics, and influences of German literary studies, arranged in A-to-Z format.

Introductions and biographies in English; texts in German.

A comprehensive survey of all written and oral genres of folk narrative, covering types, motifs and themes; theories, methods and stylistic issues.

Covers the role of women in German literature and culture from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.

Encyclopedic, worldwide coverage of tale motifs, themes, characters, and types. Also includes the text of the tales.

Contains writings of all genres of German-Jewish immigrants (historical, fictional, scientific, political and religious literature, as well as everyday literature) that were published between 1890-2000 in Palestine and Israel. Approximately 250 of the 1,500 entries are linked to their full text. Includes full texts by major writers including Schalom Ben-Chorin, David Ben-Gurion, Chajim Nachman Bialik, Max Brod, Constantin Brunner, Sammy Gronemann, Theodor Herzl, Georg Landauer and Else Lasker-Schüler.

Online version of Germanistik, an international publication covering German language and literary studies, containing thousands of abstracts and summaries of publications in the areas of literature, theatre studies, media studies, cultural history, and linguistics.

Covers the "long" Enlightenment, from the rise of Descartes' disciples in 1670 to the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in 1815; 700 fully searchable articles.

Covers world authors from many periods and genres, building a broad understanding of the various contexts--from the biographical to the literary to the historical--in which literature can be viewed.