Is German literature the most brilliant?

One of those questions which people love to ask but is definitely in the same vein of “Is red better than green?” The fact that you can ask “is noun x better than noun y?” does not mean it has an answer. read more

I think rather than using terms like ‘brilliant’ and ‘intellectual’ it would make better sense to look for specific features of German and other literatures in specific periods. A key feature of much post-1945 German literature has been the Nazi past. read more

Beginning in the 12th century, these lesser feudal courts, first in France and Norman England, then in Germany, together produced one of the most brilliant bodies of literature in the West. The literature of courtly society documents a civilizing process. read more