Combines the following 4 print resources: Die deutsche Literatur des Mittelalters (commonly referred to as the Verfasserlexikon), Deutscher Humanismus 1480-1520, Frühe Neuzeit in Deutschland 1520-1620 and the Killy-Literaturlexikon, together in one electronic resource. Over 20,000 lexicon articles on authors of German literature, ranging from the very beginnings to the present, are cross-linked in the database.