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The Poetics of Space

The Classic Look at How We Experience Intimate Places

By Gaston Bachelard, Maria Jolas (Translator), John R. Stilgoe (Preface), Etienne Gilson (Preface)

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| Paperback | 9780807064733

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Thirty years since its first publication in English, French philosopher Gaston Bachelard's Poetics of Space remains one of the most appealing and lyrical explorations of home. Bachelard takes us on a journey, from cellar to attic, to show how our perceptions of houses and other shelters shapeContinue

Thirty years since its first publication in English, French philosopher Gaston Bachelard's Poetics of Space remains one of the most appealing and lyrical explorations of home. Bachelard takes us on a journey, from cellar to attic, to show how our perceptions of houses and other shelters shape our thoughts, memories, and dreams.

"A magical book. . . . The Poetics of Space is a prism through which all worlds from literary creation to housework to aesthetics to carpentry take on enhanced-and enchanted-significances. Every reader of it will never see ordinary spaces in ordinary ways. Instead the reader will see with the soul of the eye, the glint of Gaston Bachelard." -from the new foreword by John R. Stilgoe

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    Review By: Christopher Spiewak

    Not quite the architectural exploration of space I had imagined (before reading) but a rather thoughtful interpretation on the psychology of the human understanding of place interwoven through language and our own experiences.

    Bachelard certainly engaged my imagina ... (continue)

    Review By: Christopher Spiewak

    Not quite the architectural exploration of space I had imagined (before reading) but a rather thoughtful interpretation on the psychology of the human understanding of place interwoven through language and our own experiences.

    Bachelard certainly engaged my imagination throughout with his questioning, observations and reminiscent naratives. Overall a deeply philosophical read that takes a slower pace to absorb ALL the ideas being explored within.

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