This is a deep, magical, densely captivating book about space, our homes, how we live in them, and how dwellings and space affect us; it is as much a book of philosophy as a work of serious literature. It requires careful, preferably leisurely reading, with the possibility of moments to pause and digest and re-read the words. It will change the way you look at your home and your life, providing a deeper, more insightful relationship with the spaces you occupy.


From Publishers Weekly
French phenomenologist Bachelard's classic study of the psychological affects of domestic space. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.


From Book News, Inc.
<:;st> Reprint of the work originally published by Orion Press, 1964. BCL3 endorsed it; Beacon now presents it on acid-free paper with a new foreword by John R. Stilgoe. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.


Book Description
The classic book on how we experience intimate spaces. "A magical book. . . . 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 foreword by John R. Stilgoe6473-4 / $15.00tx / paperback


Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

FROM THE PUBLISHER

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.

FROM THE CRITICS

Publishers Weekly

French phenomenologist Bachelard's classic study of the psychological affects of domestic space. (Mar.)

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