German Literature

Annette von Droste-Hülshoff Anton Berlin Bertolt Brecht Bildungsroman Böll Brecht Büchner century characters classical comedy contemporary critical death Die Judenbuche Die Räuber drama dramatist dreams Effi Briest epic experience Faust feelings Fontane French Friedrich German language German literature Goethe Goethe's Gott Gottfried Grillparzer heart Heine Heinrich Heinrich Böll hero Hölderlin human ideal ideas illusion irony Isolde Johann Kafka Keller kind Kleist language later Leben less Liebe literary lives London lyrical marriage medieval mind Minnesang modern mood moral Mörike Mozart Münchhausen murder nature never Nibelungenlied Nietzsche Novalis novel Parzival period personality philosopher play poem poet poetic poetry prose Prussian realism reality religious Rilke Romantic satire Schiller sense social song soul spiritual Stefan George story symbol talent Tasso theatre theme things Thomas Mann thought Torquato Tasso tragedy Tristan turned verse Viennese virtue Weimar Wilhelm Meister Woyzeck writers written wrote young