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
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Thomas Mann
a pair of young dandies who were nicknamed Max and Moritz bore a great reputation for breaking out of bounds.
Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

E.T.A. Hoffmann
The whole day, the whole night –nothing but the thought of her.
E.T.A. Hoffmann, The Devil's Elixirs

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