List of European literatures

This is a list of European literatures.

History of literature by era
Ancient (corpora)
Bronze Age Sumerian Ancient Egyptian Akkadian Ugarit Hittite Classical Classical Chinese Aramaic Ancient Greek Ancient Hebrew Classical Latin Ancient Meitei Syriac Prakrit Tamil Sangam Classical Sanskrit
Early Medieval
Telugu Kannada New Persian Pali Armenian Byzantine Greek Welsh Old English Georgian Old German Japanese Old Turkic Arabic Norse Bulgarian
Medieval by century
10th 11th 12th 13th 14th
Early Modern by century
15th 16th 17th
Modern by century
18th 19th
Contemporary by century
20th 21st
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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.