The prevalence of a topographic interest in the work of Ilse Aichinger stands in a very close relationship with the poetological interests of the writer. The sounding of space incorporates within a tangible perimeter the questioning on the possibilities and limits of language as a form of perception, and on the representation of reality. The predilection for thresholds and boundaries corresponds to the tension towards a radical resemantisation of the literary language, to which Aichinger confers the function of a bridge projected towards those areas of human affectivity that are less representable.
