History of Literature | Professional literature for training, studies and practice

In the Literary History category, you will find comprehensive works on the development of German-language and international literature from historical periods to the present day. The titles cover key topics such as exile literature, queer literature, literary movements (surrealism, Romanticism, poststructuralism), as well as specific authors and the contexts of their works, such as Kafka, Heine, Rilke, or Kleist. In addition, the focus is on literary analyses of genres, narratives, and social contexts, such as the bourgeois tragedy, ecological imaginaries, or the role of literature in political upheavals.

Typical publication types include handbooks, yearbooks, introductions, bibliographic reference works, and anthologies with interdisciplinary perspectives. The publications are aimed at students, researchers, and readers interested in literature who wish to engage with historical, theoretical, or methodological aspects of literary history.