Grundbegriffe der Literaturwissenschaft. Verlag J. B. Metzler, 1999. A dictionary of critical terms commonly found in literary studies, the book is intended to help students and researchers unfamiliar with the field. The selection of entries range from descriptions of literary genres to overviews of various schools of criticism. The language of origin for non-German terms is identified by country and period.
Entries are cross-referenced.
The definitions vary in length from a few to several sentences. Verlag J. B. Metzer, 1998. Entries are organized either by the theorist's name, his or her brand of criticism, and his or her main concepts. For instance, readers interested in the ideas of the Russian philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin can access him under the heading of his name or one of his concepts, such as hetroglossia. Headings and entries are in German.