In Search of the Bear: Spatiotemporal Form and the Heterogeneity of Economies in "The Winter's Tale"

Time reveals itself above all in nature: the movement of the sun and stars, the crowing of roosters, sensory and visual signs of the time of the year. All these are inseparably linked to corresponding moments in human life, existence, and activity (labor)-the cycles of time that are marked by degrees of intensity of labor. The growth of trees and livestock, the age of people are visible signs of longer periods.2