Germanic Languages & Literatures

Based on the print series, contains full-text German-language works by and critical apparatuses for, canonical authors in the arts, history, philosophy, politics, and literature, spanning many centuries, from Wolfram von Eschenbach to Immanuel Kant.

500 years of German lyric poetry and includes the work of over 500 authors from the 15th to the 20th century.

Online edition of "Bertolt Brecht - Ausgewahlte Werke in sechs Bunden - Jubiläumsausgabe um 100. Geburtstag," edited by Werner Hecht, Wolfgang Jeske and Jan Knopf, which collects Brecht's works and writings in six volumes with brief notes on each text.

An electronic version of the Weimar Edition of the works of German poet and philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), supplemented by Goethes Gesprache and all the letters discovered since the completion of the Weimar Edition.

An electronic version of the critical edition of Franz Kafka's (1883 - 1924) complete works, "Franz Kafka, Kritische Ausgabe, Schriften und Tagebucher".

Luthers Werke on the World Wide Web reproduces the Weimar Edition in electronic form. The Weimar Edition, which is regarded as a monumental work in the field of theology and the German language, was first published in 1883 and includes 127 volumes.

The electronic edition of the Nationalausgabe of Schiller's works. The Nationalausgabe was established in 1940 as the definitive edition of his works, letters and conversations.

Online literary and philosophical editions in original languages and in translation. Works in German-language include Fichte, Hegel, and Kant.

E-books in DRM-free pdf form, from leading international university presses.

While not a complete backfile like Brill, the Library does offer some of Cambridge's books in pdf form at the chapter level, like Brill. Also, Cambridge does not offer customer page, listing our purchased content. At our request, they have produced such a page, but it is not easily searchable for Classical Studies content.

Over 10 million digitized volumes, with over one-third public domain and downloadable as pdfs to the U-M community. One can jump directly to the public domain e-books of specific call number ranges here: DF | DG | PA