The poem about the aunt murderer by Frank Wedekind can also be found in this new Bavarian literary history. The range of presented and explained texts spans from the days of the Agilolfingers in the 8th century to the linguistic virtuoso Gerhard Polt. This volume succinctly and expertly presents 1300 years of literary history in the area of present-day Bavaria, illustrated with many examples. The well-organized variety of themes includes religious literature and medieval heroic poetry—such as the Song of Hildebrand—as well as literature from the confessional era with authors like Hans Sachs and Konrad Peutinger, or works from the time between the Turkish fashion and the Enlightenment, for example, by Johann Emanuel Schikaneder, the librettist of Mozart's The Magic Flute, as well as creations from more recent history and the present by authors ranging from Felix Dahn to h.