List of European literatures

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

Ancient Greek literature

Latin literature

European literature in the Romance languages

Catalan literature

French literature

Galician literature

Italian literature

Portuguese literature

Romanian literature

Spanish literature

Literature in other Romance languages

European literature in the Germanic languages

Anglic literature

Dutch literature

Germanic literature

North Germanic literature

Literature in other Germanic languages

European literature in the Balto-Slavic languages

Belarusian literature

Czech and Slovak literatures

Polish literature

Russian literature

Ukrainian literature

Literature in other Balto-Slavic languages

European literature in the Celtic languages

European literature in the Finno-Ugric languages

European literature in the Turkic languages

European literature in other languages

See also

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