Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard ISBN: 0-8070-6473-4 Publisher: Beacon Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: incredibly brilliant book
Comment: When I read I dogear pages with especially interesting quotes on them, & in this book I dogeared almost every page...& on each page I can't tell now what quote I was dogearing for, because everything he says is so amazing. This book is so beautiful with its ingenius motion through psychology, architecture, poetry, & on & on. Of all the books in my personal library, this is one of the very most highly recommended from me to any reader. I am sure that no one was mistaken in hailing Bachelard as one of the 20th century's greatest philosophers.
Rating: 5
Summary: A deep, inspiring book that changed how I look at things
Comment: The Poetics of Space is one of the most inspiring books I have ever read. It is to be taken slowly - the author's primary idea is that people crave spaces that inspire them to daydream. The style of the book is one that inspires daydreams itself; you will suddenly find that you have placed the book in your lap and you were off daydreaming! Poetics of Space is a methodical, carefully argued book which tells us that we read spaces like we read a book. There is a distinct psychology to each type of space - attics, cellars, the forest, and nests are just some of the spaces examined. The author was chair of the Philosophy department at the Sorbonne. For most of his life, he examined the philosophy of science, but in his later years he turned to artistic reverie as his main subject. The book is written with thought, love, and passion and is a tour-de-force. Highly recommended to those who enjoy poetry, philosophy, architecture or art.
Rating: 5
Summary: Eye-Opening Book for Those Interested in Place or Language
Comment: Though you may not immediately think that there is a connection between language and the places where you live and pass through, your sense of your surroundings and of language itself will be transformed after you read Gaston Bachelard's "The Poetics of Space." Bachelard argues that language--especially poetry--can reveal hidden aspects of our experience of space, especially of our home space. For example, he considers how common phrases such as "go up to the attic" and "go down to the basement" are revelatory of our typical sense that stairs to an attic are stairs one ascends, while stairs to the basement are stairs one descends--in spite of the fact that both sets of stairs must be equally ascended and descended. As he does with other such observations, Bachelard extends his observation regarding the directionality of different staircases into a discussion of how the attic and basement hold different roles in our daily and imaginary lives. In addition to exploring how we experience space and place, Bachelard equally attends to the way in which language can function either as a daily and common means of communication or as a site of new and creative insight; roughly speaking, he argues that poetry happens when the motions of language itself open us up to a new way of seeing or understanding something. By reading this beautifully written and engaging book, you will likely come to understand or see anew experiences from childhood through adulthood that pertain to places where your have lived, grown up, felt comfortable or alienated, had a feeling of wonder or fear, etc. I recommend this book to anyone interested in the experience of place or space, in language and what it can reveal to us, or in what counts as poetry rather than as common everyday language.
 |
Title: Space and Place: The Perspective of Experience by Yi-Fu Tuan, Steven Hoelscher ISBN: 0816638772 Publisher: University of Minnesota Press Pub. Date: 08 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
 |
Title: Water and Dreams an Essay on the Imagination of Matter by Gaston Bachelard, Edith R. Farrell ISBN: 0911005250 Publisher: Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture Pub. Date: 15 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
 |
Title: In Praise of Shadows by Junichiro Tanizaki, Charles Moore, Edward G. Seidensticker, Thomas J. Harper ISBN: 0918172020 Publisher: Leete's Island Books Pub. Date: December, 1988 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
 |
Title: The Poetics of Reverie by Gaston Bachelard ISBN: 0807064130 Publisher: Beacon Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1971 List Price(USD): $18.50 |
 |
Title: The Power of Place by Winifred Gallagher ISBN: 0060976020 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 16 March, 1994 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
