{"product_id":"the-poetics-of-space-paperback","title":"The Poetics of Space - Paperback","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eFirst published in 1958, \u003cem\u003eThe Poetics of Space\u003c\/em\u003e is one of those rare works of philosophy that reads like poetry — a sustained meditation on the intimate spaces that shape how we dream, remember, and understand ourselves. Gaston Bachelard moves through houses and rooms, cellars and attics, drawers and wardrobes, nests and corners, finding in each a universe of thought and feeling that ordinary experience overlooks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eFor architects, writers, psychologists, and anyone who has ever felt that a particular room or threshold held something ineffable, this book offers a language for what they already sensed. It remains, more than sixty years after its first publication, one of the most quietly influential works ever written about the relationship between space and the human imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThis Penguin Classics edition features a foreword by Mark Z. Danielewski, whose cult novel \u003cem\u003eHouse of Leaves\u003c\/em\u003e drew directly from Bachelard's ideas, and an introduction by philosopher Richard Kearney on the book's enduring significance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eGaston Bachelard (1884–1962) was the son of shoemakers who became one of France's most celebrated philosophers, credited with renewing the emphasis on symbol and poetic meaning in architecture. Translated by Maria Jolas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e304 pages. Published December 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SplitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47490749333682,"sku":"9780143107521","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0766\/8924\/4338\/files\/7a443de5a110442242db54b8480cc9e3.webp?v=1779379475","url":"https:\/\/surfurbia.com\/products\/the-poetics-of-space-paperback","provider":"Surfurbia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}