Editing German literature (section)

==Early Modern period==
{{further|Early Modern literature|Early Modern history of Germany|Early New High German}}

===German Renaissance and Reformation===
{{main|Early New High German literature}}
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{{further|German Renaissance|Humanism in Germany|Protestant Reformation}}
{{further|Early New High German}}

* [[Sebastian Brant]] (1457–1521)
* [[Thomas Murner]] (1475–1537)
* [[Martin Luther]] (1483–1546)
* [[Philipp Melanchthon]] (1497–1560)
* [[Sebastian Franck]] (1500–1543)
* [[Johann Fischart]] (1545–1591)

===Baroque period===

The Baroque period (1600 to 1720) was one of the most fertile times in German literature. Many writers reflected the horrible experiences of the [[Thirty Years' War]], in [[poetry]] and [[prose]]. [[Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen|Grimmelshausen]]'s adventures of the young and naïve Simplicissimus, in the eponymous book ''[[Simplicius Simplicissimus]]'',<ref>{{cite book|last=Grimmelshausen|first=H. J. Chr.|title=Der abentheurliche Simplicissimus|trans-title=The adventurous Simplicissimus|language=de|url=http://www.deutschestextarchiv.de/book/show/grimmelshausen_simplicissimus_1669|author-link=Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen|location=Nuremberg|publisher=J. Fillion|year=1669|oclc=22567416}}</ref> became the most famous novel of the Baroque period. [[Martin Opitz]] established rules for the "purity" of language, style, verse and rhyme. [[Andreas Gryphius]] and [[Daniel Caspar von Lohenstein]] wrote German language [[tragedy|tragedies]], or ''Trauerspiele'', often on Classical themes and frequently quite violent. Erotic, religious and [[occasional poetry]] appeared in both German and Latin. [[Sibylle Ursula von Braunschweig-Lüneburg]] wrote part of a novel, ''Die Durchlauchtige Syrerin Aramena'' (''Aramena, the noble Syrian lady''), which when complete would be the most famous courtly novel in German Baroque literature; it was finished by her brother [[Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel|Anton Ulrich]] and edited by [[Sigmund von Birken]].<ref name="Brown2012">{{cite book|author=Hilary Brown|title=Luise Gottsched the Translator|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aVAMccAgim8C&q=%22most+famous+courtly%22&pg=PA23|year=2012|publisher=Camden House|isbn=978-1-57113-510-0|pages=27–}}</ref><ref name="Catling2000">{{cite book|author=Jo Catling|title=A History of Women's Writing in Germany, Austria and Switzerland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oaWlLtAwn3cC&pg=PA42|date=23 March 2000|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-65628-3|pages=42–}}</ref>