European Literature from Romanticism to Postmodernism: a Reader in Aesthetic Practice.(Book Review) From: Journal of European Studies | Date: March 1, 2003| Author: Davey, E.R. | COPYRIGHT 2003 Alpha Academic. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Edited by Martin Travers. London and New York: Continuum, 2001. Pp. xiv + 348. 17.00 [pounds sterling] (80.00 [pounds sterling] hardback).

There is a long tradition in books whose purpose is to provide, by means of excerpts from contemporary documents, an overview of writers considered either at the time or in hindsight to have played a key role in shaping the thought and artistic practice of a chosen period. By and large, with an undergraduate readership in view, such bo...