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Germanic Languages & Literatures: E-Text Sources
Links to full-text collections of German literature
For full-text collections of periodicals, see Electronic Journals and Reviews.
For full-text reference sources, see Reference Sources.
19th Century German Stories: web editions for language learning & literary study
Collection of 19th century and some 18th century German stories, images, and teaching materials.
Alte Drucke Digital
Listing of websites for pre-1800 digitized materials.
Austrian Literature Online
Gateway to digitized-PDF editions of Austrian literature available from
Austrian university libraries. Includes "Schöne Bücher aus Österreich: die 1000 wichtigsten
Bücher", children's literature, biographical works, encyclopedias, and much more.
Cod. Pal. germ. 848
Große Heidelberger Liederhandschrift (Codex Manesse)
Includes all 137 miniatures of poets from the Codex Manesse (1300-1340) at the Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg.
Digitale Bibliothek Deutscher Klassiker
Full-text works with extensive scholarly commentary of more than thirty authors from the Middle Ages through early 20th century. It includes prose, poetry, drama, diaries, and letters, political speeches, and historical documents; and writings on German art and philosophy. Can search by keyword, title, author. Also browsable by author. Search interface in English or German.
Festkultur online - Deutsche Drucke des 17. Jahrhunderts zur Festkultur des Barock
Digitization of over 300 festival books from 16th to the 18th century in German-speaking Europe. Also includes over 560 French, Italian and English
festival books, dating from 1475 till 1700.
Gutenberg Digital
Full text of the Göttingen Gutenberg Bible and related historical materials.
Kinderbuchsammlung at the UB Braunschweig
A digital collection of historical children's books, mostly in German. Currently, over 500 title are accessible. The books date from the 19th century onwards. The site includes a searchable catalog and browsing. Users can view page images and download entire books. Access: http://bib1lp1.rz.tu-bs.de/docportal/content/below/index.xml -- Scroll down to "Historische Kinderbücher"
LiTLiNkS
List of links to online texts by German-speaking authors as well as German translations of other authors.
Alphabetical by author.
MATEO: Mannheimer Texte Online
Research and Early Modern primary sources
held at the Universität Mannheim, including Early Modern books and manuscripts, Latin poetry
of Early Modern German writers, and much more.
Medieval Manuscripts
Several Late Medieval illuminated manuscripts at the
Universitüt Heidelberg.
Projekt Gutenberg-DE
One of the the most comprehsive collections of German literature
the Internet. Includes full text of poetry, fairy tales, fables,
sagas, novels, short stories, novellas as well as biographical
information on authors.
Projekt Gutenberg Free E-Book Library
Free, downloadable e-books for anyone in the United States. Searchable by author and title. Includes literature in multiple languages, including
German. Some English translations available.
Sophie: A Digital Library of Works by German-Speaking Women
A growing digital library of fiction, drama, music and articles written by German-speaking women between 1740 and 1923.
Also includes the journal: Sophie Journal.
Yiddish literature
Jiddische Drucke
A digital collection of Yiddish works from the mid-16th to the beginning of the 20th century owned by the Universitätsbibliothek
Frankfurt am Main. No title browsing but keyword searching available.
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