Literatur für Leser:innen

Literatur für Leser:innen (until 2021: Literatur für Leser; stylized as literatur für leser:innen) is a German-language literary studies journal founded in 1978 by Rolf Geißler and Herbert Kaiser. It is a scholarly periodical dedicated to literary interpretation and historical textual understanding. For its first ten volumes, it carried the subtitle Zeitschrift für Interpretationspraxis und geschichtliche Texterkenntnis (Journal for Interpretive Practice and Historical Textual Understanding). The journal was initially published by Oldenbourg-Verlag and is now published by Peter Lang. It remains an active academic publication in the German-speaking world.

Literatur für Leser:innen was founded in 1978 by Rolf Geißler and Herbert Kaiser as a German-language literary studies journal. In its first ten volumes, it was subtitled Zeitschrift für Interpretationspraxis und geschichtliche Texterkenntnis, indicating its focus on interpretive practice and historical textual understanding. The journal was initially published by Oldenbourg-Verlag. In 2021, the title was changed from Literatur für Leser to Literatur für Leser:innen, reflecting a gender-inclusive naming convention. It is currently published by Peter Lang. The journal has maintained a continuous publication history as an academic periodical in the German-speaking world.

• 2021

  Title changed from Literatur für Leser to Literatur für Leser:innen.

• 1978

  Founded by Rolf Geißler and Herbert Kaiser.

Academic literary studies journal focused on interpretation practice and historical textual understanding.

• Literatur für Leser:innen (journal)

  German-language literary studies journal.

1. 1Wikidata: Literatur fuer Leserwikidata.org
2. 2Wikipedia (German): Literatur für Leser:innende.wikipedia.org