Moscow Uchpedgiz 1938 376 pp. ill. Cover: Hardcover; Format: Large. Volume 3. The work presented to the reader aims to review and characterize the main stages in the development of Western European literatures of the new time. The study is based on the summary of the course read by the author in 1927-1934 in various Moscow higher educational institutions. The content of the volume: The collapse of naturalism. Symbolism and decadence of the late XIX century. Impressionism. Symbolism and decadence in French literature. Symbolism and Belgian literature of the XIX century. Impressionism, decadence and neo-romanticism in England. Impressionism and symbolism in German literature. Reaction literature in Angia at the beginning of the XX century. Literature of nationalism and reaction in France. Futurism and Italian literature of the early XX century. Literature of nationalism and reaction in pre-war Germany. Critical realism and humanism in French literature of the early XX century. Realism in pre-war German literature. Critical realism in English literature. Critical realism in North American literature at the beginning of the 20th century. With a pointer of names. With illustrations.