<!doctype html public «-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en»> http-equiv=content-type> Time and narrative are inseparably connected: there can be no narrative without time, and no time without narrative. Beyond this systemic relationship, which has been a favorite concern of narrative theory, the interplay of time and narrative evokes a broad range of aesthetic phenomena. This volume examines the multiplicity of time from methodological, medial, generic, and historical perspectives.