Internet Resources
- Literariches LebenLiterary database & online resource for German language literature from Germany, Austria & Switzerland. Provides useful annual historical information on relevant social & cultural events in these countries from 1945 to 2000. Helpful when looking for literary events within a certain time span or for winners of different literary prizes.
- Projekt Gutenberg-DEContains over 5,500 novels, short stories, novels, dramas, poetry and nonfiction books in the German language by over 1,100 authors.
Language Learning Center
- Mango Languages This link opens in a new window
- What’s included? Offers self-directed language instruction in 22 languages. Instruction focuses on everyday conversational skills.
- What else should I know? Personal account set up required. Provided by AskRI.org.
Books
Survey of German Literature by Call Number: PF 3117 S88 1987ISBN: 0819165417Two volumes with anthology selections in German and annotations in English.German: Biography of a Language by
Call Number: PF 3075 S26 2010ISBN: 0195388453Blending linguistic, anthropological and historical research, it presents a biography of the German language as it evolved across the millennia.Language and Social Change in Central Europe: Discourses on Policy, Identity and the German Language by
Call Number: P 40.45 E85 S74 2010ISBN: 074863598XExplores the dynamics of language and social change in contemporary central Europe.