A beautifully written phenomenological meditation on the nature of space and home, Gaston Bachelard's The Poetics of Space is an exercise in the pure pleasure of thinking. To give readers a first glimpse into the book’s contents, it is divided into sections arrange by height, from the cellar to the attic, and in each section, Bachelard discusses how different kinds of domestic spaces shape out thoughts, keep our memories, and harbor our dreams.
Bachelard's The Poetics of Space
Bachelard's The Poetics of Space
Bachelard's The Poetics of Space
A beautifully written phenomenological meditation on the nature of space and home, Gaston Bachelard's The Poetics of Space is an exercise in the pure pleasure of thinking. To give readers a first glimpse into the book’s contents, it is divided into sections arrange by height, from the cellar to the attic, and in each section, Bachelard discusses how different kinds of domestic spaces shape out thoughts, keep our memories, and harbor our dreams.