This collection of 50 essays is divided into four sections. Part one contains introductory essays; part two deals with postmodernism in arts other than literature; the third part discusses renovations of narrative genres; and part four looks at the reception of postmodernism in different countries.

1. I. Introductory Essays; 2. 1.1 The Debate on Postmodernism (by Bertens, Hans); 3. 1.2 The Semiotics of Literacy Postmodernism (by Fokkema, Douwe W.); 4. 1.3 The Inscription of Postmodenism in Poetry (by McCorkle, James); 5. 1.4 The Politics of Postmodernism after the Wall (by Suleiman, Susan Rubin); 6. 1.5 Rethinking the Postmodernity of the Discourse of postmodernism (by Spanos, William); 7. 1.6 Postmodernity as a Philosophical Concept (by Welsch, Wolfgang); 8. 1.7 The Concept of Postmodernism from a Philosophical Point of View (by Carroll, Noel); 9. 1.8 The Sociology of Postmodernity (by Bertens, Hans); 10. II. Postmodernism in the Other Arts; 11. 2.0 Introductory Note; 12. 2.1 Post-modern Architecture and Time Fusion (by Jencks, Charles); 13. 2.2 Postmodernism and Theatrical Performance (by Birringer, Johannes); 14. 2.3 Postmodernism and Film (by Peterson, James); 15. 2.4 Postmodern Dance (by Banes, Sally); 16. 2.5 On Postmodernism in Music (by Danuser, Hermann); 17. 2.6 Postmodernism and the Visual Arts (by Cheetham, Mark A.); 18. III. Renovations and Innovations in Postmodernist Writing; 19. 3.0 Introductory Note; 20. 3.1 Postmodernist Renovations of Narrative Genres; 21. 3.1.1. The Western (by D'haen, Theo); 22. 3.1.2 The Detective (by Bertens, Hans); 23. 3.1.3 Historical Fiction: Utopia in History (by Wesseling, Elisabeth); 24. 3.1.4 The Heimat Novel (by Kunne, Andrea); 25. 3.1.5 Autobiography (by Hornung, Alfred); 26. 3.1.6 Science Fiction (by McHale, Brian); 27. 3.2 Other Strategies and Devices in Postmodernist Writing; 28. 3.2.1 Rewriting (by Calinescu, Matei); 29. 3.2.2 Intertextuality (by Broich, Ulrich); 30. 3.2.3 Self-referentiality (by Cornis-Pope, Marcel); 31. 3.2.4 The Refutation of Truth Claims (by Ibsch, Elrud); 32. 3.2.5 Nonteleological Narration (by Szegedy-Maszak, Mihaly); 33. 3.2.6 Postmodernisms: From Fantastic to Magic Realist (by D'haen, Theo); 34. IV. The Reception and Processing of Postmodernism; 35. 4.0 Introductory Note; 36. 4.1 An Arkeology of (My) Canadian Postmodern (by Kroetsch, Robert); 37. 4.2 Latin America; 38. 4.2.1. Postmodernism in Spanish-American Writing (by Ortega, Julio); 39. 4.2.2. Postmodernism in Brazil (by De Faria Coutinho, Eduardo); 40. 4.3 Western and Southern Europe; 41. 4.3.1. Postmodernism in the United Kingdom and the republic of Ireland (by Todd, Richard); 42. 4.3.2. Postmodernism in France (by Lernout, Geert); 43. 4.3.3. Postmodernism in the German- and Dutch- Speaking Countries (by Ruiter, Frans); 44. 4.3.4. Postmodernism in Scandinavia (by Kyndrup, Morten); 45. 4.3.5. Postmodernism in Finland (by Makkonen, Anna); 46. 4.3.6. Postmodernism in Italy (by Jansen, Monica); 47. 4.3.7. Postmodernity and Literture in Spain (by Bou, Enric); 48. 4.3.8.Postmodernism in Portugal (by Seixo, Maria Alzira); 49. 4.4. Central and Eastern Europe; 50. 4.4.1. Postmodernism in Slovak Literature (by Zilka, Tibor); 51. 4.4.2. Postmodernism in Czech Literature (by Suchomel, Milan); 52. 4.4.3. Postmodernism in Poland (by Janaszek-Ivanickova, Halina); 53. 4.4.4. Postmodern Literature in Hungary (by Szegedy-Maszak, Mihaly); 54. 4.4.5. Romanian Postmodernism: The Politics of Poetics (by Cornis-Pope, Marcel); 55. 4.4.6. Postmodernism in the Literatures of Former Yugoslavia (by Mozejko, Edward); 56. 4.4.7. Postmodernism in Post-Soviet Latvia (by Bekere, Inguna); 57. 4.4.8. Postmodernism in Russia (by Kuznetsov, Sergei); 58. 4.5 africa; 59. 4.5.1. Postmodernism in African Literature in English (by Zabus, Chantal); 60. 4.5.2. Postmodernism and African Francophone Literature (by Sellin, Eric); 61. 4.5.3. Modernism and Postmodernism in African Literatute in Portuguese (by Carvalho, Alberto); 62. 4.5.4. South Africa: Postmodernism in Afrikaans and English Literature (by Brink, Andre); 63. 4.6. Facets of postmodernism: A Search for Roots. The Indian Literacy Scene (by Choudhuri, Indra Nath); 64. 4.7. The Reception of Postmodernism in China: The Case of Avant-Garde Fiction (by Ning, Wang); 65. 4.8. Postmodernism in Japan (by Sanehide, Kodama); 66. Contributors; 67. Bibliography of secondary Sources; 68. Subject Index; 69. Index of Names