This book focuses on the precursor role of Ludwig Tieck in the Romantic revolution in drama which is seen in his fantastic comedy Puss-in-Boots (1797), a precocious benign forerunner of theatre of the absurd. Tieck’s contribution is examined in the light of key dramatists of several strands of modernism.

14 scholars, from Europe, Asia, North and South America and Africa address issues in World Literature. They defend approaching the world-relatedness of non-Eurocentric cultures without blinkers, present the macro- and microcosmic dimensions of regional and world connectedness and its processes, and posit methodological and hermeneutic challenges.

The relationship between literature and other forms of art, explored through a broad range of examples, drawn from several continents and analyzed with careful attention to their historical and generic specificity. A variety of discourses and media are considered alongside more traditional categories of art and literature.