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Following extensive revision, updating and extension, publication of the second edition of the Killy Lexicon of Literature is now complete. This makes a new and improved edition of this renowned standard work of German literary studies available to scholars, students, and literature enthusiasts.
First published in the period 1988 to 1993, the Killy has since achieved the status of a well-known and acclaimed reference work that includes bio-bibliographical entries on all important German-language authors from the Middle Ages to the present. It contains almost 8,000 easy-to-read articles which provide an extensive introduction to the featured authors, combining a synopsis of biographies, contemporary context and oeuvre that is unique in the field of German literature lexicons. One outstanding feature of the Killy is its broad approach to the concept of literature: this includes not only the greatest and most important authors of each era, but also journalists, screenplay authors, literary scientists, and writers of literary entertainment as well as all those who were literarily active and of importance to contemporary cultural life. With its extensively updated entries and bibliographies and the addition of over 1000 new authors to the range of articles, the new Killy gives an overview of complete German literary history, including the latest and most contemporary developments. This makes it an indispensable reference work for everyone interested in German literature, its authors and themes.
The new edition of the Killyis published in thirteen volumes (Vols. 1-12: Authors and Works; Vol. 13: Index).
Wilhelm Kühlmann, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; Achim Aurnhammer, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg/Br.; Jürgen Egyptien, RWTH Aachen; Karina Kellermann, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn; Helmuth Kiesel, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (Band 1-3); Steffen Martus, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Reimund B. Sdzuj, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald.
„Es ist eine gewaltige herausgeberische und verlegerische Leistung, innerhalb dieser wenigen Jahre eine solche Neuauflage realisiert zu haben, und die unübersehbaren Mängel sind nun einmal der Preis, der dafür zu zahlen ist.“Peter J. Brenner in: Arbitrium 1/2013
"Das Unternehmen ist qualitativ konkurrenzlos und es dient der geistigen Bereicherung aller ander deutschen Literatur Interessierten."Horst Brunner in: Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen 1/2009
"Schon die ersten drei Bände, die bis zum Eintrag von Gustav Freitag reichen, setzen neue Maßstäbe."Alexander Košenina in: Zeitschrift für Germansitik 2/2009
"Für Bibliotheken nach wie vor ein unersetzbares Nachschlagewerk."ekz-Informationsdienst, Oktober 2008
"Zwei Jahrzehnte nach dem ersten Erscheinen startet dieses große Projekt nun in eine zweite, grundlegend erneuerte Runde."Alexander Košenina in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 6. September 2008
"Für die Literaturwissenschaft wie für Studenten sind solche Lexika mit fachlich kompetentem Wissen und aktualisierten Überblicksdarstellungen schon wegen der zunehmenden Spezialisierung in der Forschung unverzichtbar geworden."Volkhard Bode in: Börsenblatt 40/2008
This index is the final volume in the second revised and expanded edition of the Killy Literary Encyclopedia, a standard reference work in literary studies in the German-speaking world. This comprehensive index of persons features biographic information, and also cites each instance in which the individual is mentioned in the larger encyclopedia. In this way, it sheds light on interconnections between individuals, as well as on historical and literary interrelationships. The volume also contains a list of errata.