An Updated Survey of Early Interart and Intermediality Roots: Claus Clüver

In order to illustrate the development of studies of intermediality, this chapter traces the progress of Claus Clüver’s academic career from his early work as a professor of Comparative Literature at Indiana University, USA, to his most recent publications. Moving from a description of early interart studies into intermedial studies, his œuvre virtually coincides with the history of the studies of intermediality. In this trajectory it focuses on general questions, such as his attempts at a set of prolegomena to a general theory of intermediality and a taxonomy of intermedial relations, while also exploring specific topics like theories of ekphrasis, transposition, and adaptation. His academic production is marked by a constant (re)evaluation of the methodological and theoretical questions involved – a fact corroborated by his recent concerns with the future of the discipline.