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    German literature (German: Deutschsprachige Literatur) comprises those literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written...
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  • Medieval German literature refers to the literature of Medieval Germany. It can be subdivided into two main periods: Old High German literature (750–1050)...
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  • East German literature is the literature produced in East Germany from the time of the Soviet occupation in 1945 until the end of the communist government...
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  • language and literature in both its historic and present forms. Academic departments of German studies often include classes on German culture, German history...
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  • Old High German literature refers to literature written in Old High German, from the earliest texts in the 8th century to the middle of the 11th century...
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  • Middle High German literature refers to literature written in German between the middle of the 11th century and the middle of the 14th. In the second half...
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    and Golden Age literature French Renaissance literature German literature#German Renaissance and Reformation Italian Renaissance literature Polish Renaissance...
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    Yiddish literature encompasses all those belles-lettres written in Yiddish, the language of Ashkenazic Jewry which is related to Middle High German. The...
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    Upper German varieties. The Early New High German language gained more prestige than Low German and became the language of science and literature. Around...
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    theoretical writings substantially influenced the development of German literature. He is widely considered by theatre historians to be the first dramaturg...
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  • Estonian literature Faroese literature Finnish literature French literature Gaelic literature German literature Greek literature Ancient Greek literature Georgian...
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    English-speaking laureates of the Nobel Prize in Literature, followed by French with 16 laureates and German with 14 laureates. France has the highest number...
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    The German Spitz (German: Deutscher Spitz) is a breed of spitz-type dogs from Germany. It is considered a single breed, with five distinct varieties based...
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  • Bachmann Prize Aspekte-Literaturpreis (Aspekte Literature Prize) – for the best debut novel written in German Kleist Prize – first awarded in 1912 Merano...
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    Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels...
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    Jewish literature Medieval French literature Sicilian School Old High German literature Middle High German literature Medieval Georgian literature Medieval...
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    German Romanticism (German: Deutsche Romantik) was the dominant intellectual movement of German-speaking countries in the late 18th and early 19th centuries...
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    symbols. Persian literature comprises oral compositions and written texts in the Persian language and is one of the world's oldest literatures. It spans over...
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    Old High German (OHG; German: Althochdeutsch (Ahdt., Ahd.)) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally identified as the period from...
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    were made in Weimar Germany or by German scientists during the Weimar period. While temporarily at the University of Copenhagen, German physicist Werner...
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  • Swiss German (Standard German: Schweizerdeutsch, Alemannic German: Schwiizerdütsch, Schwyzerdütsch, Schwiizertüütsch, Schwizertitsch Mundart, and others)...
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  • mode. At that time, the Germans were the most active writers of the novelle (German: "Novelle"; plural: "Novellen"). For the German writer, a novella is...
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  • The 1st Black German International Literature Award Initiative Schwarze Menschen in Deutschland African Diaspora in Germany (in German) cyberNomads -...
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    Yiddish (redirect from Judaeo-German)
    parts of Germany and France. There, they encountered and were influenced by Jewish speakers of High German languages and several other German dialects...
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    Franz Kafka (category Pages with German IPA)
    Prague. He is widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature; he wrote in German. His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic. It typically...
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  • (estimated) – Otto Brunfels, German botanist and theologian (died 1534) 1490: Gáspár Heltai (Kaspar Helth), Transylvanian writer in German (died 1574) 1492: 11...
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    German literature since Günter Grass's The Tin Drum (1959). It sold 500,000 copies in Germany and was listed 14th of the 100 favorite books of German...
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  • Cambridge Digital Library. Retrieved 1 July 2017. 13th century in literature in the German National Library catalogue "Dante Alighieri". The Guardian. Retrieved...
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    Vampire literature covers the spectrum of literary work concerned principally with the subject of vampires. The literary vampire first appeared in 18th-century...
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    6/7. Bithell, Jethro, ed. Germany: A Companion to German Studies (5th edition 1955), 578pp; essays on German literature, music, philosophy, art and...
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