Frankfurt is Germany's literary capital. Starting with the Passion plays of the 14th Century - Guenderrode, von Arnim, Goethe, Klinger and Borne to the Suhrkamp culture and their authors: the river city has always been a literary world. This richly illustrated book fills a gap in German literary history, the extent of which is only now becoming visible. At the same time it makes you want to explore the vast literary history of Frankfurt.