One of the central concerns of contemporary German studies is the question of the relationship between cultural and literary alterity. What potentialities and limitations are there for the aesthetic representation of cultural difference in the literary artwork? The present volume takes up the discussion by examining the treatment of Haiti in Kleist's "Verlobung in St.Domingo", Anna Seghers' "Karibische Geschichten", Heiner Müller's "Der Auftrag", Hans Christoph Buch's "Die Hochzeit von Port-au-Prince" and Hubert Fichte's "Xango".