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  German Literature
The Old High German period is reckoned to run until about the mid-11th century, though the boundary to Early Middle High German (second half of the 11th century) is not clear-cut.
The term Old High German(OHG, German: Althochdeutsch) refers to the earliest stage of the German language and it conventionally covers the period from around 500 to 1050.
Middle High German (MHG, German Mittelhochdeutsch) is the term used for the period in the history of the German language between 1050 and 1350.
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  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: German Literature
During the ninth and tenth centuries German poetry fell into neglect; at the courts of the Saxon (919-1024) and Franconian emperors (1024-1125) and in the monasteries the Latin language was almost exclusively cultivated, and thus a body of Latin poetry arose, of which the tenth-century "Waltharius" (Waltharilied) of Ekkehard, a monk of St. Gall (d.
For German literature the Reformation was a calamity.
Its effect on the German language was enormous; the dialect in which it is written, a Middle German dialect used in the chancery of Upper Saxony, became gradually the norm for both Protestant and Catholic writers, and is thus the basis of the modern literary German.
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 Germany.info : Culture & Life: Arts: Literature
In the post-war period, German literature was almost as integral to public dialog as it was at the beginning of the 20th century, when Berlin was a mecca for young authors, including such prominent figures as Alfred Döblin, Hermann Hesse, Robert Musil and Thomas and Heinrich Mann.
Herrmann is representative of the new "pop literature" trend that focuses on stories of everyday life, mostly by authors under age 35, for readers of the same age.
Günter Grass was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature for his lifework in 1999 — the eighth German author to be so honored.
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 German Books - Literature from Germany and non-fiction about Germany
German Cccupation of the Channel Islands by Charles Cruickshank
This is the official history of the German occupation of the Channel Islands.
Although the theory is developed mainly on the basis of the head position in German, it can be used to explain constraints of Wh-in-situ in Bengali and other languages.
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 German Literature
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A journal devoted to the bilingual presentation of German literature.
One of the most popular German authors of the 20th century.
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 German Literature - Traditional German Literature - Modern German Literature
German Literature - Traditional German Literature - Modern German Literature
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Goethe, Friedrich Schiller, Romantic literature, Wilhelm Busch and more...
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 The Hutchinson Encyclopedia: German literature@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The earliest written records date from the late 8th century and consist of glosses and translations from Latin of religious and philosophical works.
However, there existed a tradition of oral literature, Heldenlieder, or songs describing the deeds of heroes, battle songs, pagan hymns, and laments, which provided a rich source for the developing vernacular literature.
The most substantial extant work written in Old High German is the fragmentary alliterative poem the...
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 Literature - General Index
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