This textbook provides comprehensive information about the literature of German Romanticism from early Romanticism to the late Romantic period around 1830/40. The author views German Romanticism as a literary revolution that generated significant impulses for a literary modernity across Europe. The volume outlines the cultural and social historical contexts, as well as the philosophical and scientific backgrounds of Romanticism, along with its poetic and aesthetic principles. The main part consists of a detailed presentation of central works from various genres. For the fourth edition, the volume has been revised and particularly updated bibliographically.