Ludwig Tieck’s "Puss-in-Boots" and Theater of the Absurd

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.

Gerald Gillespie is Professor Emeritus at Stanford University and a former President of the International Comparative Literature Association. He has held teaching and research appointments at various American, Asian, and European universities. He has published or edited some two dozen books on European and world literature and on the development of international comparative studies. An augmented second edition of his appeared in 2010.

Contents: Romanticism and Innovation in Dramatic Literature: Tieck’s Contribution – / – Notes to the Play.