Comparative Criticism addresses itself to the questions of literary theory and criticism, to comparative studies in terms of theme, genre movement and influence, and to interdisciplinary perspectives. Articles Afloat on the Sea of World tales, English literature, and geopolitical aesthetics; Performance the traditional Japanese theatre as model; 'Am I in that name?' Women's writing as cultural translation in early Modern China; stabat reflections on a theme in German-Jewish and Palestinian-Arab poetry. The winning entries in the 1999 BCLA/BCLT translation competition are also published.