Literature in German from Germany, Austria and German-speaking Central Europe. Belongs here: Goethe, Schiller and the Weimar tradition, and the twentieth century Austrian and German novelists, poets and playwrights through to the postwar era. Does not belong here: a work merely translated into German, or an author who wrote in a different language while living in a German-speaking city.
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The earliest texts date from the second half of the 8th century: translation aids (glosses and glossaries) for those learning to read Latin and translations of Latin Christian texts (prayers, creeds, confessions) for use in missionary or pastoral work among the lay population.
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