ABSTRACT
This clear and engaging book offers readers an introduction to European Literary History from antiquity through to the present day. Each chapter discusses a short extract from a literary text, whilst including a close reading and 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 networks, international literary networks, publication cultures and debates, and the cultural history of 'Europe' as a region as well as a concept.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|71 pages
Antiquity
part II|65 pages
Middle Ages
part III|69 pages
Early modern period
part IV|68 pages
The long nineteenth century
part V|68 pages
The modern era