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The links are mostly to nonexistant subpages. (Which we don't use anymore). I need help finding existing and non-existing targets for the links. — Sverdrup 18:07, 13 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Took out broken links. --Michaeltaft 17:45, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Created a very basic and somewhat flawed introduction and summary, mainly by stealing the English Literature intro. Still needs links, a good edit, etc. --Michaeltaft 17:54, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)

This article distinguishes between "Germany proper" and Austria. German literature existed before the German unification in the 19th century. Austrians then were sometimes called Germans just as were those in the various German states north of Austria. Can one speak of any "Germany proper" that excluded Austria before that time? Michael Hardy 02:40, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Not to mention that much German literature was produced in what's now Poland and Russia... --Delirium 08:16, 4 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It's very touchy topic. Austria has a long history of academics to write their very own national literature mythology striving to create a brand of nationalism seperate from the German one. Instead of Büchner's plays, the pupils are fed with Schnitzler's etc. etc. They also send formal complaints whenever the big neighbour's academy addresses Austrian authors as German or includes them in their school curriculum. It defies logic, it's about modern post-ww2 politics. 79.216.210.248 (talk) 07:42, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Otto Dix is a painter! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.64.29.118 (talk) 13:27, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Useless[edit]

I find this page as it stand to be useless; it is mainly a list of names with no explanations about how they relate to each other, to literature, or to the rest of the world. The lists are mere starting points containing highlights that have to be filled in; until they are, the page will contain little relavant information. Applechair (talk) 06:59, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

National Socialist Literature[edit]

The section needs to be expanded. Badly. It'd make sense to include at least some of the Goethe Prize bearers from the epoch. To my best knowledge the most prolific authors were the novelist Wilhelm Schäfer, the dramatist Hanns Johst or the poets Isolde Kurz and Agnes Miegel.79.216.210.248 (talk) 07:53, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Romanticism[edit]

It is important to note that while Heinrich Heine lived and wrote during this period, he most certainly was not a romantic. To interpret his poetry as romantic is to misread it entirely. A mistake on this level is tantamount to mistaking Mozart for a Baroque artist. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.54.115.43 (talk) 03:12, 22 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Horrible[edit]

Wow, this is one of the worst articles for an important a topic as this as I've ever seen. Genuinely awful. john k (talk) 02:52, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]