DRAMA
Molière
Racine
Rostand

PHILOSOPHY
Pascal
Rousseau

RELIGION
Bernard, St.
Bernard of Cluny

German Literature. Depth of thought and forceful expression, which are in part responsible for the complex character of the national style as opposed to the clarity of the French. Owing to the unsettled condition of Germany for many centuries, the arts in general, and literature especially, did not begin to flourish to a noteworthy degree until the eighteenth century. While Luther was the first great author to use the language in its present form, it was not until two centuries later that the next eminent writers, Lessing, Schiller, and Goethe, appeared, whose work marks the highest point in the history of German letters.

POETRY
Arndt
German Lit.
Goethe
Heine
Schneckenburger
Uhland

FICTION
Fouqué
Grimm
Raspe

HISTORY
Mommsen

DRAMA
Lessing
Schiller
Goethe

PHILOSOPHY
Kant
Schopenhauer

RELIGION
à Kempis
Luther