In his history of literature, Klabund brings together German and foreign poetry not only historically but also thematically. He succeeds in formulating a kind of poetic history of ideas that gains its broad perspective on literature, religion, philosophy, and history from a cultural reflection. With a poetic touch, Klabund's sentences glide over the essences, peculiarities, and characteristics of human creation. In a cheerful liveliness, he establishes connections between Egyptian, Indian, and Greek myths, links the forms of European literature with America, guides them through the centuries, and shapes a history of literature that reads like a literature history in itself. At the center is the human being in the world as a sufferer, a seeker, a weeper, but also as a laugher, a finder, and a redeemer.