e-dition: Best of German Studies / Germanistik (eBook Package / eBook-Paket)

Reviews of selected highlights: Deutsche Liederdichter des 13. Jahrhunderts [German Lieder Poets of the 13th Century], ed. byCarl von Kraus “Indispensable even in the future for (late) medieval Lied research. Moreover, an important document of research history.”Prof. Dr. Johannes Janota Walter Henzen: Deutsche Wortbildung [German Word Formation]“A standard work of historical word formation research. Still unsurpassed, it sums up the results of predecessors in this area (the classical works of J. Grimm and W. Wilmanns and the presentations of H. Paul and F. Kluge) in a clear and understandable manner.” Prof. Dr. Kurt Gärtner Hermann Paul: Deutsches Wörterbuch. Bedeutungsgeschichte und Aufbau unseres Wortschatzes [German Dictionary.The history and structure of German vocabulary], ed. byHelmut Henne /Heidrun Kämper-Jensen /Georg Objartel “This dictionary is not only a document of the subject and research history, it also stands out for its extensiveness, precision and differentiation among comparable dictionaries of the German language.” Prof. Dr. Johannes Janota Peter von Polenz: Deutsche Sprachgeschichte vom Spätmittelalter bis zur Gegenwart [German Language History from the Late Middle Ages to the Present]“The new standard work on the history of German language from the 14th to the 20th century with comprehensive coverage of the most recent research literature. The detailed and admirably clear presentation makes this work required reading for everyone interested in the history of the German language.” Prof. Dr. Kurt Gärtner Motif-Index of German Secular Narratives from the Beginning to 1400, ed.by the Austrian Academy of Sciences / Helmut Birkhan / Karin Lichtblau / Christa Tuczay. “An invaluable work on narrative motifs also for the neighboring literatures of the Middle Ages.”Prof. Dr. Johannes Janota Repertorium der Sangsprüche und Meisterlieder des 12. bis 18. Jahrhunderts [Reference Work of Sangsprüche and Meisterlieder from the 12th to the 18th Century], ed. byHorst Brunner /Burghart Wachinger “An indispensable basic work, even for future generations of scholars. A treasure trove not only for literary scholars, but also for Lied researchers, theologians, historians, motif researchers, cultural studies scholars, folklorists, etc. The work also provides a paradigm for reference works, which in particular can be used to explore the exuberant literary tradition of the Early Modern Age.” Prof. Dr. Johannes Janota Hanns Fischer: Studien zur deutschen Märendichtung [Studies on German Medieval Fables] “An important work for heuristics and the systematic investigation not only of the medieval fable, but of epic rhyming couplets in general. The work is unsurpassed and will remain so for a long time. At the same time it represents a document of research history, which made a major contribution to the boom of late medieval German studies.” Prof. Dr. Johannes Janota Thesaurus proverbiorum medii aevi. Lexikon der Sprichwörter des romanisch-germanischen Mittelalters [Thesaurus proverbiorum medii aevi. Lexicon of the Proverbs of the Roman-German Middle Ages], ed. byKuratorium Singer der SAGW“The work is indispensable for deciphering no longer known proverbs in collective manuscripts and in texts far beyond the Middle Ages.” Prof. Dr. Johannes Janota Christa Dill: Wörterbuch zu Goethes West-östlichem Divan [Dictionary of Goethe's West-Eastern Divan] “With its differentiated description of the vocabulary of the individual work, the Divan dictionary by Christa Dill is a lexicographic masterpiece, which cannot be praised highly enough. The dictionary is based on the annotated edition of the Divan by Hans Albert Maier, which was published in 1965.”Prof. Dr. Kurt Gärtner Kurt Gärtner is Professor Emeritus of Medieval and Early Modern German Philology in the Department of German Language and Literature of the University of Trier. He is the founder of the university’s Competence Center for Electronic Publishing and Information Retrieval in the Humanities and one of the editors of the Middle High German Dictionary. Johannes Janota is Professor Emeritus of Medieval German Language and Literature in the Department of German Language and Literature of the University of Augsburg. He is one of the editors of Germanistik. Internationales Referatenorgan mit bibliographischen Hinweisen, the central international journal covering the study of German language and literature, including associated fields.