Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Rainer Maria Rilke

E.T.A. Hoffmann

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller

Sebastian Brandt

Franz Kafka

German authors that were geniuses of their time and continue to inspire us today. German literature is rich in beautifully crafted stories, especially from the eras of Sturm und Drang, Romanticism, and Realism. Certain German books are an excellent introduction not only to German literature but to German culture and the history of Germany too. This book contains: Sebastian Brandt The Ship of Fools E. T. A. Hoffmann Nutcracker and the King of Mice Friedrich Schiller The Robbers The Death of Wallenstein Turandot: The Chinese Sphinx Wilhelm Tell The Maid of Orleans The Thirty Years War Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Faust The Sorrows of Young Werther Franz Kafka The Metamorphosis Unhappiness The Judgment Before the Law A Report to an Academy Jackals and Arabs A Country Doctor In the Penal Colony A Hunger Artist The Trial The Castle Amerika A Little Fable The Great Wall of China The Hunter Gracchus The Burrow Rainer Maria Rilke Letters To A Young Poet Presaging Autumn Silent Hour The Angels Solitude Kings In Legends The Knight The Boy Initiation The Neighbour Song of the Statue Maidens. I Maidens. II The Bride Autumnal Day Moonlight Night In April Memories of a Childhood Death The Ashantee Remembrance Music Maiden Melancholy Maidens at Confirmation The Woman Who Loves

50+ German masterpieces you have to read before you die (original illustrations)

Thomas More

Dante Alighieri

Miguel de Cervantes

Desiderius Erasmus

William Shakespeare

Giovanni Boccaccio

Francesco Petrarca

Francois Rabelais

Thomas Nash

Luis de Camoes

The Renaissance Era was a period of huge cultural advancements. It began in Italy and spread throughout the length and breadth of Europe. The Renaissance had lasting effects on art, literature and sciences. Here are 12 notable works of fiction from this era. Italy: The Divine Comedy by Dante Sonnets by Petrarch The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio Great Britain: Hamlet by William Shakespeare Macbeth by William Shakespeare Utopia by Thomas More The Unfortunate Traveller, or The Life Of Jack Wilton by Thomas Nashe France: Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais Germany: The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant Spain: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Portugal: The Lusiad by Camões Netherlands: In Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus Contents: 1. Dante Alighieri : The Divine Comedy 2. Francesco Petrarca : Sonnets 3. Giovanni Boccaccio : The Decameron 4. William Shakespeare : Hamlet 5. William Shakespeare : Macbeth 6. Thomas More : Utopia 7. Thomas Nashe : The Unfortunate Traveller, or The Life Of Jack Wilton 8. Francois Rabelais : Gargantua and His Son Pantagruel 9. Sebastian Brant : The Ship of Fools 10. Miguel de Cervantes : Don Quixote 11. Luis de Camões : The Lusiad 12. Desiderius Erasmus : In Praise of Folly

Don Quixote, Gargantua and His Son Pantagruel, Utopia, Macbeth, Hamlet by William Shakespeare, The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, The Divine Comedy, Sonnets by Petrarch

12 Masterpieces of the Renaissance

Sebastian Brandt

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