Description: Presents, in an immensely readable yet profoundly scholarly account, the history of German literature from the Reformation and Renaissance to the late twentieth century, in the wider context of Germanic culture, over the whole German-speaking area of Europe.
Review Quotes: "The whole book is more thoughtfully planned and more disciplined in execution than the Cambridge volume {'History' by Watanabe}."
"Due attention is paid to women's writing without distortion of historical reality."
"Overall it is fair to say that Sagarra and Skrine win on points over the Cambridge team {'History' by Watanabe}." Boyd Mullan, The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies