| Letter |
Sub heading |
| A |
German studies generally |
| B |
German language |
| C |
German literature generally |
| D |
Old High German period to 1050 |
| E |
Middle High German period 1050-1350 |
| G |
Early New High German period 1350-1500 |
| H |
Sixteenth century literature: the Reformation |
| J |
Seventeenth century: the Renaissance |
| K |
Eighteenth century up to and including Lessing |
| L |
Eighteenth century: Herder to 1800 |
| LG |
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749-1832 |
| LS |
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1759-1805 |
| M |
Early nineteenth century: Romantic School |
| N |
Mid-nineteenth century: ca. 1830-1880 |
| P |
1880-1918 |
| Q |
1918-1944 |
| R |
Contemporary: 1945 |
