German literature comprises those literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written in Germany, Austria, the German parts of Switzerland and Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, South Tyrol in Italy and to a lesser extent works of the German diaspora.

Contents:

Thomas Mann

Death in Venice

Hermann Hesse

Siddhartha

Franz Kafka

The Metamorphosis

Stefan Zweig

A Summer Novella

Rainer Maria Rilke

Poems

First Poems

Evening

Mary Virgin

The Book of Pictures

Presaging

Autumn

Silent Hour

The Angels

Solitude

Kings in Legends

The Knight

The Boy

Initiation

The Neighbour

Song of the Statue

Maidens I

Maidens II

The Bride

Autumnal Day

Moonlight Night

In April

Memories of a Childhood

Death

The Ashantee

Remembrance

Music

Maiden Melancholy

Maidens at Confirmation

The Woman who Loves

Pont du Carrousel

Madness

Lament

Symbols

New Poems:

Early Apollo

The Tomb of a Young Girl

The Poet

The Panther

Growing Blind

The Spanish Dancer

Offering

Love Song

Archaic Torso of Apollo