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Poetics of Space

by Gaston Bachelard

ISBN13: 9780807064733
ISBN10: 0807064734
Condition: Standard

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Thirty years since its first publication in English, French philosopher Gaston Bachelard's The Poetics of Space 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.

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Gaston Bachelard (1884-1963) is the author of The Poetics of Space, The Psychoanalysis of Fire, and The New Scientific Spirit

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`	IShouldBePainting , January 03, 2012 (view all comments by IShouldBePainting) You don't have to be an academic or a philosopher to read this beautiful treatise on how space affects how we feel. A great sit-by-the-fire book!
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Product Details

ISBN:: 9780807064733
Binding:: Trade Paperback
Publication date:: 04/01/1994
Publisher:: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
Pages:: 288
Height:: .83IN
Width:: 5.40IN
Thickness:: .75
Number of Units:: 1
Series Volume:: PMS 45
UPC Code:: 2800807064735
Author:: John R. Stilgoe
Author:: Gaston Bachelard
Foreword:: John R. Stilgoe
Author:: Maria Jolas
Author:: Maria (TRN) Jolas
Author:: Gaston Bachelard
Translator:: Maria Jolas
Author:: Maria Jolas
Author:: M. Jolas
Media Run Time:: B
Subject:: Space and time
Subject:: General Philosophy
Subject:: Imagination