Hey /lit/
Is there anything similar to 'The Story of Art" for literary movements? I'd like a book that shows a comprehensive world history for literary movements, at least the western and modern ones.
>>9383827
I like Michael Schmidt's Lives of the Poets, which is an overview of important English language poets. He also has a book covering the history of the novel.
>>9383827
Harold Bloom's Western Canon is supposed to be pretty insightful
>>9383827
This one for philosophy
>tfw I kept my high school textbooks because they are literally what you described
Feels good.
Have you tried Google?