Rolf G. Renner - Böcker

Der Band präsentiert die Werke Handkes von den Hornissen (1966) bis zu Das zweite Schwert (2020) in Einzelanalysen und erschließt zugleich übergreifende Orientierungen von Handkes Schreiben. Die autoreflexiven Spuren, die das experimentelle Frühwerk des Autors prägen, werden in einer mittleren Phase durch eine Rückkehr zu traditionellen Formen des epischen Erzählens und literarischen Vorbildern fortgeschrieben, die philosophisch geprägt ist. Im Spätwerk entsteht aus diesen Ansätzen eine umfassende Poetologie des Erzählens, die alle Texte miteinander vernetzt. Dabei verdichten sich schon vorher entwickelte Motive zu übergreifenden Themenkomplexen. Neben der Realität des Krieges, der Beziehung zwischen Bild und Schrift, Text und Film treten gesellschaftliche und mediale Entwicklungen der Moderne in den Vordergrund. Der Bezug von Handkes Texten auf Bilder der malerischen Tradition und visuelle Strategien seines Schreibens erhalten dabei besonderes Gewicht.

Edward Hopper (1882–1967) is something of an American success story, if only his success had come swifter. At the age of 40, he was a failing artist who struggled to sell a single painting. As he approached 80, Time magazine featured him on its cover. Today, Hopper is considered a giant of modern expression, with an uncanny, unforgettable, and utterly distinct sense for mood and place.Much of Hopper's work excavates modern city experience. In canvas after canvas, he depicts diners, cafes, shopfronts, street lights, gas stations, rail stations, and hotel rooms. The scenes are marked by vivid color juxtapositions and stark, theatrical lighting, as well as by harshly contoured figures, who appear at once part of, and alien to, their surroundings. The ambiance throughout his repertoire is of an eerie disquiet, alienation, loneliness and psychological tension, although his rural or coastal scenes can offer a counterpoint of tranquility or optimism.This book presents major works from Hopper's œuvre to introduce a key player not only in American art history but also in the American psyche.

Edward Hopper (1882–1967) is something of an American success story, if only his success had come swifter. At the age of 40, he was a failing artist who struggled to sell a single painting. As he approached 80, Time magazine featured him on its cover. Today, Hopper is considered a giant of modern expression, with an uncanny, unforgettable, and utterly distinct sense for mood and place.Much of Hopper's work excavates modern city experience. In canvas after canvas, he depicts diners, cafes, shopfronts, street lights, gas stations, rail stations, and hotel rooms. The scenes are marked by vivid color juxtapositions and stark, theatrical lighting, as well as by harshly contoured figures, who appear at once part of, and alien to, their surroundings. The ambiance throughout his repertoire is of an eerie disquiet, alienation, loneliness and psychological tension, although his rural or coastal scenes can offer a counterpoint of tranquility or optimism.This book presents major works from Hopper's œuvre to introduce a key player not only in American art history but also in the American psyche.