Polster, Heike
The Aesthetics of Passage

The Imag(in)ed Experience of Time in Thomas Lehr, W. G. Sebald, and Peter Handke.

How does one visualize time? And what does it mean to represent it visually? In her book, Heike Polster explores different methods of imaging and imagining the concept of time. In addressing various contemporary novels by Thomas Lehr, W.G. Sebald, and Peter Handcke, as well as the paintings of Jan Peter Tripp, the author offers a theoretically insightful understanding of how these texts and images conceptualize and envision time. Specifically, she introduces her concept of "heterochronicity" as an interpretative tool to examine critical and creative strategies used to represent temporality and spatiality. 137 Seiten mit 10 Abb., broschiert (Königshausen & Neumann 2009) leichte Lagerspuren/minor shelfwear