Question

"As literacy and schools spread in Europe,there was a virtual reading mania. Discuss with reference to new forms of literature that emerged in 17th and 18th century.

Answer 1

"As literacy and schools spread in Europe,there was a virtual reading mania". This led to the emergence of new literary forms in Europe. The novel was one such form. Other forms of popular literature were chapbooks in England and Bibliotheque Bleue in France. Such books found wide readership among the newly educated working classes in Europe.