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German Literature
German literature comprises those literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written in Germany, Austria, the German part of Switzerland, and to a lesser extent works of the German diaspora. German literature of the modern period is mostly in Standard German, but there are some currents of literature influenced to a greater or lesser degree by dialects (e.g. Alemannic).
An early flowering of German literature is the Middle High German period of the High Middle Ages. Modern literature in German begins with the authors of the Enlightenment (such as Herder) and reaches ...more
An early flowering of German literature is the Middle High German period of the High Middle Ages. Modern literature in German begins with the authors of the Enlightenment (such as Herder) and reaches ...more
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Der Marquise stürzte der Schmerz aus den Augen. [...] Sie sank, als sie die Türe verschlossen fand, mit jammender Stimme, alle Heiligen zu Zeugen ihrer Unschuld anrufend, vor derselben nieder,
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― Die Marquise von O... / Das Erdbeben in Chili
― Die Marquise von O... / Das Erdbeben in Chili
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Was she then to be lost to me? Nay, for as she left this vale of sorrows, she had kindled the eternal love that now glowed within me. I now know that her death was the consummation of that love which, as she had told me, rules above the stars and has nothing in common with the things of earth. Such thoughts as these lifted me above my earthly self, and these days in the convent were truly the most blissful of my whole life.
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― The Devil's Elixirs
― The Devil's Elixirs
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