What happens when horizons shift? More specifically what occurs when that line which in
everyday experience appears so consistent and omnipresent reveals itself to be contingent? And
if the horizon line is mutable what does that imply about the systems of knowledge order and
faith that the seemingly immutable horizon appears to neatly delimit and order? These are the
questions that the volume of essays addresses offering perspectives from multiple historical
periods and disciplines that tackle instances in literature history and art in which shifts
in conceptualizing the horizon made themselves manifest. With contributions by Hans Aurenhammer
Shiben Banerji Ingrid Baumgärtner Seth Estrin Peter Geimer Eva Geulen Madeleine Herren
Andreas Lammer Niklaus Largier Kailani Polzak James I. Porter Lorena Rizzo Avinoam Shalem
and Philip Ursprung.
