{"product_id":"9780807064139","title":"The Poetics of Reverie: Childhood, Language, and the Cosmos","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eBachelard, Gaston\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBeacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6\/1\/1971\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this, his last significant work, an admired French philosopher provides extraordinary meditations on the relations between the imagining consciousness and the world, positing the notion of \u003ci\u003ereverie\u003c\/i\u003e as its most dynamic point of reference. In his earlier book, \u003ci\u003eThe Poetics of Space, \u003c\/i\u003eBachelard considered several kinds of \"praiseworthy space\" conducive to the flow of poetic imagery. In \u003ci\u003ePoetics of Reverie \u003c\/i\u003ehe considers the absolute origins of that imagery: language, sexuality, childhood, the Cartesian ego, and the universe. Approaching the psychology of wonder from the phenomenological viewpoint, Bachelard demonstrates the aurgentative \u003ci\u003epotential \u003c\/i\u003eof all that awareness. Thus he distinguishes what is merely a phenomenon of relaxation from the kind of reverie which \"poetry puts on the right track, the track of expanding consciousness\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44214256435455,"sku":"9780807064139","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780807064139_s600x595.jpg?v=1782315121","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780807064139","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}