This is a list of European literatures.
The literatures of Europe are compiled in many languages; among the most important of the modern written works are those in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Modern Greek, Czech, Russian, Macedonian, the Scandinavian languages, Gaelic and Turkish.
Important classical and medieval European literary traditions are those in Latin, Ancient Greek, Old Bulgarian, Macedonian, Old Norse, Medieval French and the Italian Tuscan dialect of the renaissance.
European literature in the Classical period edit
Ancient Greek literature edit
Latin literature edit
European literature in the Romance languages edit
Catalan literature edit
French literature edit
Galician literature edit
Italian literature edit
Portuguese literature edit
Romanian literature edit
Spanish literature edit
Literature in other Romance languages edit
European literature in the Germanic languages edit
Anglic literature edit
Dutch literature edit
Germanic literature edit
North Germanic literature edit
Literature in other Germanic languages edit
European literature in the Balto-Slavic languages edit
Belarusian literature edit
Czech and Slovak literatures edit
Polish literature edit
Russian literature edit
Ukrainian literature edit
Literature in other Balto-Slavic languages edit
European literature in the Celtic languages edit
European literature in the Finno-Ugric languages edit
European literature in the Turkic languages edit
European literature in other languages edit
See also edit
- Western literature
- Medieval literature
- Renaissance literature
- Old English literature
- British literature
- Welsh literature in English
- Scottish literature
- Irish literature
- Francophone literature
- Cypriot literature
- Nordic literature
- Galician-Portuguese lyric
- Ottoman poetry
- Arabic literature in Al-Andalus
- MLN: Modern Language Notes
- African literature
- Asian literature
- Oceanic literature
- Latin American literature
- Esperanto literature