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The 30 pages that link to German literature, each with the reason it gives.

• BildungsromanNarrower topic: The genre’s name and canonical early examples come from German literary history.

• Thomas MannNarrower topic: Mann’s novels reshape traditions of German realism, intellectual fiction, and literary modernism.

• Friedrich SchillerNarrower topic: Schiller remains a central figure in the history and study of German literature.

• Heinrich HeineNarrower topic: Heine’s verse and prose became central to German literary history.

• Austrian literatureNarrower topic: Austrian writing shares its language with a broader tradition but has distinct histories and institutions.

• German-language literatureCompared with: The broader label can denote a national tradition, unlike this cross-border linguistic category.

• Hungarian literatureCompared with: German-language literary institutions and movements influenced Hungarian writers, often through translation.

• Sturm und DrangNarrower topic: The movement reshaped German writing before the classical period associated with Goethe and Schiller.

• Weimar ClassicismNarrower topic: Weimar Classicism became one of the most influential periods in German literary history.

• Scandinavian literatureCompared with: German writing influenced Scandinavian authors, but forms a separate language-based literary tradition.

• Danish literatureCompared with: German cultural influence shaped Denmark’s literary exchange without making Danish writing German literature.

• Luther BibleRelated: The Bible's idiom became a lasting resource for German prose and expression.

• Mori ŌgaiRelated: Ōgai translated German works and adapted literary ideas encountered during his studies.

• Swiss literatureCompared with: Swiss German writing shares a language with this tradition but develops within a different national and regional context.

• The Magic MountainNarrower topic: The novel occupies a major place in the modern German-language literary tradition.

• Gotthold Ephraim LessingNarrower topic: Lessing helped establish a modern German literary tradition beyond imitation of French models.

• NovalisNarrower topic: Novalis’s brief career left a lasting place in its Romantic tradition.

• Erich Maria RemarqueNarrower topic: Remarque’s novels belong to twentieth-century German writing shaped by war and dictatorship.

• Georg BüchnerNarrower topic: Büchner’s plays and prose occupy a central place in the German literary canon.

• German studiesBroader topic: Literary interpretation forms a major strand of German studies.

• Jakob Michael Reinhold LenzNarrower topic: Lenz’s plays and poems belong to the German-language literary tradition.

• Hermann HesseNarrower topic: Hesse’s novels became enduring works of twentieth-century German-language literature.

• Herta MüllerNarrower topic: Müller writes in German while drawing on experiences rooted in Romania.

• Jean GiraudouxRelated: His studies and experience in Germany informed his interest in Franco-German relations.

• Uwe JohnsonNarrower topic: His novels occupy a distinctive place in postwar German-language literature.

• Alfred DöblinNarrower topic: Döblin’s novels belong to a literary tradition transformed by twentieth-century political upheaval.

• Friedrich GundolfNarrower topic: His scholarship interpreted central authors and traditions within this literary history.

• Michael EndeNarrower topic: Ende’s language, publishing history, and cultural references place his work within this tradition.

• Patrick SüskindNarrower topic: Süskind's fiction and plays belong to the modern German-language literary tradition.

• Paul HeyseNarrower topic: Heyse’s writing belongs to a literary tradition shaped by German language and national culture.