European Literary History

This clear and engaging book offers readers an introduction to European Literary History from antiquity through to the present day. Each chapter begins with a short extract from a literary text, followed by a close reading and then a longer essay examining other key texts of the period and their place within European Literature.

Offering a view of Europe as an evolving cultural space and examining the mobility and travel of literature both within and out of Europe this guide offers an introduction to the dynamics of major literary genres, international literary networks, publication cultures and debates, and the cultural history of 'Europe' as a region as well as a concept.