ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Encyclopedia of German Literature. (Ref. PT 41 .E53 2000)
This is good place to explore a topic as it provides critical essays, written by scholars, on people and movements in German literature. Each essay followed by listing of further readings.Available online.
The Feminist Encyclopedia of German Literature. (Ref. PT 41 .F46 1997)
Short, critical essays on people and events.
LITERARY CRITICISM
The following titles are part of the Dictionary of Literary Biography and as such follow a common format: lengthy and critical essays, a listing of the subject's works and references. A good place to start your research.
German Writers and Works of the Early Middle Ages: 800-1170. (Ref. PT 193 .G47 1995)
German Writers and Works of the High Middle Ages: 1170-1280. (Ref. PT 195 .G4 1994)
German Writers of the Renaissance and Reformation, 1280-1580. (Ref. PT 241 .G47 1997)
German Baroque Writers, 1580-1660. (Ref. PT 271 .G47 1996)
German Baroque Writers, 1661-1730. (Ref. PT 271 .G48 1996)
German Writers from the Enlightenment to Sturm und Drang, 1720-1764. (Ref. PT 293 .G47 1990)
German Writers in the Age of Goethe, 1789-1832. (Ref. PT 311 .G47 1989)
German Writers in the Age of Goethe: Sturm und Drang to Classicism. (Ref. PT 311 .G48 1990)
Nineteenth-Century German Writers, 1841-1900. (Ref. PT 341 .N56 1993)
Nineteenth-Century German Writers to 1840. (Ref. PT 351 .N56 1993)
Twentieth-Century German Dramatists, 1889-1918. (Ref. PT 666 .T86 1992)
Twentieth-Century German Dramatists, 1919-1992. (Ref. PT 666 .T87 1992)
German Fiction Writers, 1885-1913. Part 1: A-L. (Ref. PT 771 .G47 1988 pt.1)
German Fiction Writers, 1885-1913. Part 2: M-Z. (Ref. PT 771 .G47 1988 pt.2)
Contemporary German Fiction Writers. (Ref. PT 772.C59 1988, 1st series)
Contemporary German Fiction Writers. (Ref. PT 772 .C593 1988, 2nd series)
German Fiction Writers, 1914-1945. (Ref. PT 772 .G39 1987)
Modern German Literature. (Ref. PT 401 .D6 2 vols)
Not part of the DLB series; it provides excerpts from critic's writings.
Women Writers in German-Speaking Countries: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook. (Ref. PT 167 .W6 A1 W65 1998)
COMPANIONS AND HANDBOOKS
The Oxford Companion to German Literature. (Ref. PT 41 .G3 1997)
A Companion to Twentieth-Century German Literature. (Ref. PT 401 .A1 C65 1997)
Deutsche Dichter und Schriftsteller unserer Zeit. (Ref. PT 401 .L35)
Deutsche Dichter der Gegenwart. (Ref. PT 403 .W48)
This title is better than the preceding as the entries are much longer.
Handbuch der Deutschen Gegenwartsliteratur. (Ref. PT 403 .K8)