The Poetics of Space by Bachelard, Gaston (Jolas, Maria – Translator) - 1969

Beacon Press, Boston, 1969. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. Foreword by Etienne Gilson, introduction by author. Photographic paperback binding with brown coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the back strip. In this work the author " ... explores the philosophical significance of the various kinds of space that attract and concentrate the poetic imagination. He examines Spaces of intimacy and immensity – rooms, forests, shells, corners, closets – and seeks to determine how the poetic image is apprehended not by psychology or rationalism, but by recourse to a pure phenomenology that considers the onset of an image in individual consciousness."  Creasing of the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Small chips to the top back strip corners. Sunning of the book panels with ageing of the text block edges and pages. A few marks to the text block edges.  Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [7], VIII - XXXV, [4], 241, [3] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Philosophy; 1950s; Literature & Literary. ISBN: 0807064394. ISBN/EAN: 9780807064399. Inventory No: 0288371. . 9780807064399