Western literature, also known as European literature, is the literature written in the context of Western culture in the languages of Europe, and is shaped...

include electronic literature. Definitions of literature have varied over time. In Western Europe, prior to the 18th century, literature denoted all books...

The history of literature is the historical development of writings in prose or poetry that attempt to provide entertainment or education to the reader...

Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature (German: Mimesis: Dargestellte Wirklichkeit in der abendländischen Literatur) is a book of...

Western romance literature denotes a genre subset of romance literature, sometimes referred to as cowboy romance. Works within this category typically...

the Meiji era, Western literature has also had an influence on the development of modern Japanese writers, while Japanese literature has in turn become...

The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages is a 1994 book about Western literature by the American literary critic Harold Bloom, in which the...

The Western Literature Association (WLA) is a non-profit, scholarly association that promotes the study of the diverse literature and cultures of the...

travel literature or travelogue encompasses outdoor literature, guide books, nature writing, and travel memoirs. One early travel memoirist in Western literature...

common in the 19th century when women were beginning to make inroads into literature but, it was felt, would not be taken as seriously by readers as male authors...