KLG
- Kritisches Lexikon zur deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur-KLG This link opens in a new windowBio-critical essays on contemporary German-language authors of the 20th and 21st centuries. Entries include bibliographies of the author’s works and secondary literature.
Killy LiteraturLexikon
Killy Literaturlexikon (in 13 Bänden).Bio-bibliographical entries on major German-language authors of every epoch.
German Literature
- Encyclopedia of German Literature.Authors, works, topics, and influences of German literary studies. Entries include further readings.
- Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon: das 20. Jahrhundert (Wilhelm Kosch).Central Reference PT401 .D453 2000, PAYNE-6TH-FL
- Deutsches Schriftstellerlexikon, 1830-1880. Goedekes Grundriss zur Geschichte der deutschen Dichtung, Fortführung.Central Reference PT341 .D487 1995, PAYNE-6TH-FL
- Historical Dictionary of Postwar German Literature.Covers 1945 to 2008. Includes a bibliography, introductory essay, and chronology.
- Kindlers Literatur Lexikon.Central Reference PN44 .K54 2009, PAYNE-6TH-FL
- The Oxford Campanion to German Literature.Entries on authors and their major works that include historical, intellectual, and cultural background. Covers German-speaking countries from the 8th C to the mid-1990s.
World Literature
- Cambridge Companions Online This link opens in a new windowIntroduction to major writers, artists, philosophers, topics, and periods.
- Scribner Writer Series; European Writers.Bio-critical essays on the lives and works of European writers. Entries include essays, citations, and biographical information that places the author's work in personal and historical context.
- Twayne's Authors Series.Critical introductions to the lives and works of major writers of the world, and original commentary on the history and influence of literary movements. Includes profiles on Böll, Büchner, Goethe, Handke, Hauptmann, Hegel, Heine, Herder, Kafka, Grillparzer, Mann, Nietzsche, Rilke, Schiller, and Schlegel.
- Oxford Bibliographies This link opens in a new windowLiterary guide to significant sources on a variety of subjects. Serves as an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia.
