{"product_id":"a-history-of-european-literature-from-antiquity-to-the-present-paperback-softback-9781394235841","title":"A History of European Literature; From Antiquity to the Present (Paperback \/ softback) 9781394235841","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA History of European Literature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom Antiquity to the Present\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTheo D'haen (Author), Anders Pettersson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781394235841, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 9 October 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e512 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.2 x 17.8 x 3.3 cm, 1.089 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn ideal introduction and a reliable guide for students and teachers of European literature\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUniquely broad in both geographic and chronological scope, \u003ci\u003eA History of European Literature\u003c\/i\u003e introduces students to the origins, influences, and historical development of European poetry, drama, and fictional prose. Authors Theo D'haen and Anders Pettersson provide an easily accessible narrative history of European literature while contextualizing the cultural, material, and intellectual conditions in which literary works were produced and experienced. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAssuming only minimal familiarity with the subject, this student-friendly textbook explores European literature in its many manifestations, starting from its origins in European antiquity, through the Medieval period and early modern Europe, to the opening years of the twenty-first century. Clear, jargon-free chapters contain a wealth of citations from both well-known and lesser-known works of European literature, including Greek and Roman oratory and philosophy, early Christian literature, literary expressions of Enlightenment thought, secular non-classical drama, eighteenth-century novels, modernist poetry, and many more. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProviding a balanced and up-to-date foundation in the literary tradition of Europe, \u003ci\u003eA History of European Literature: From Antiquity to the Present:\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a comprehensive yet highly readable survey of more than two millennia of European literary history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents a consistent and unified view of European literary history by two leading scholars in the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the cross-connections and mutual influences between Europe and other cultural and literary traditions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHighlights the differences between ancient and modern concepts of literary production and reception\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes coverage of writers in European languages who were born elsewhere but active in Europe\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntegrating contemporary literary theory throughout, including postmodern and postcolonial perspectives, \u003ci\u003eA History of European Literature: From Antiquity to the Present\u003c\/i\u003e is the perfect textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses in Comparative Literature, European Literature, and World Literature, as well as relevant courses in Cultural Studies, History, and European Studies programs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003eEuropean Antiquity 1\u003cbr\u003eMedieval Europe 2\u003cbr\u003eEarly Modern Europe 4\u003cbr\u003eEurope After 1800 5\u003cbr\u003eLiterature 6\u003cbr\u003eEurope 7\u003cbr\u003eHistory 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Before 400 CE 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIntroduction 14\u003cbr\u003eAncient Greece 19\u003cbr\u003eClassical Epic and Lyric Poetry 19\u003cbr\u003eClassical Greek Drama 34\u003cbr\u003eClassical Greek Prose 46\u003cbr\u003eLiterature in Greek 300 BCE–400 CE 56\u003cbr\u003eAncient Rome 63\u003cbr\u003eLatin Literature Before 100 BCE 63\u003cbr\u003eFirst- Century BCE Latin Poetry and Prose 68\u003cbr\u003eLatin Literature During the First Four Centuries CE 89\u003cbr\u003eWriting, Reading, and Literary Thought in Greco- Roman Culture 95\u003cbr\u003eConcluding Remarks: Greco- Roman Literary Culture in a Wider Perspective 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 400 to 1500 105\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIntroduction 108\u003cbr\u003eByzantine Literature 112\u003cbr\u003eLiterature in Latin 119\u003cbr\u003eA New Western Drama 128\u003cbr\u003eThe New Narrative Literature of Western Europe 133\u003cbr\u003eThe New Vernacular Lyric Poetry 149\u003cbr\u003eCeltic, Germanic, and Slavonic Traditions 159\u003cbr\u003eCeltic Poetic Traditions 159\u003cbr\u003eGermanic Poetic Traditions 162\u003cbr\u003eSlavonic Literary Cultures 169\u003cbr\u003eWriting, Reading, and Literary Thought 174\u003cbr\u003eConcluding Remarks: European Literary Cultures 400– 1500 in a Wider Perspective 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 1500 to 1800 185\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIntroduction 188\u003cbr\u003eThe \"Making\" of Europe 188\u003cbr\u003eEurope's Peoples 188\u003cbr\u003eEurope's Languages 189\u003cbr\u003eEurope's Shifting Borders 189\u003cbr\u003eMilitary Europe 190\u003cbr\u003eEurope as a Christian Continent 191\u003cbr\u003eEurope and the Dawn of \"Modernity\" 191\u003cbr\u003eRenaissance 192\u003cbr\u003eBaroque 193\u003cbr\u003eNeoclassicism 194\u003cbr\u003ePrinting and Publishing 194\u003cbr\u003eLatin and the Rise of the Vernaculars 196\u003cbr\u003eThe Reformation and the Vernaculars 199\u003cbr\u003eThe Republic of Letters 201\u003cbr\u003eNew Institutions of Learning 202\u003cbr\u003ePeriodicals 204\u003cbr\u003eThe Social Position of Authors 206\u003cbr\u003ePoetry 208\u003cbr\u003eThe Renaissance Epic 208\u003cbr\u003eThe Biblical Epic 217\u003cbr\u003eOther Uses of the Epic 221\u003cbr\u003eOther Classical Poetical Genres 223\u003cbr\u003eThe Sonnet 228\u003cbr\u003eMilitant Poetry 234\u003cbr\u003eBaroque Poetry 239\u003cbr\u003eLandscape Poetry 243\u003cbr\u003eFables 244\u003cbr\u003eBallads 246\u003cbr\u003eMinor Genres 247\u003cbr\u003eThe Drama 248\u003cbr\u003eLa Celestina 248\u003cbr\u003eItaly's Part 250\u003cbr\u003eThe Spanish Siglo de Oro 250\u003cbr\u003eElizabethan Drama 252\u003cbr\u003eComedy of Humours and Neoclassical Tragedy 255\u003cbr\u003eThe Lure of the Orient 258\u003cbr\u003eRestoration Drama 259\u003cbr\u003eSentimental Drama 260\u003cbr\u003eBourgeois Tragedy 262\u003cbr\u003eProse 264\u003cbr\u003eThe Picaresque 265\u003cbr\u003eThe Picaresque at Large 267\u003cbr\u003eThe Epistolary Novel 271\u003cbr\u003eAuthenticity and Libertinism 273\u003cbr\u003eThe Sentimental Novel 277\u003cbr\u003eThe Bildungsroman or Novel of Education 279\u003cbr\u003eTravel Literature 280\u003cbr\u003ePhilosophical and Oriental Tales 281\u003cbr\u003eA New Medium: The Opera 286\u003cbr\u003eConclusion 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 1800 to the Present 289\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIntroduction 292\u003cbr\u003eDemographics 292\u003cbr\u003eThe Map of Europe 292\u003cbr\u003eImperialism 293\u003cbr\u003eWorld War I to World War II 294\u003cbr\u003eDecolonization and European Unification 295\u003cbr\u003ePolitics 295\u003cbr\u003eEconomics 297\u003cbr\u003eWork 299\u003cbr\u003eEducation 300\u003cbr\u003eLiterature 301\u003cbr\u003eRomanticism 302\u003cbr\u003eNarrative Verse 304\u003cbr\u003eLyric Poetry 315\u003cbr\u003eRomantic Prose 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