Water and Dreams an Essay on the Imagination of Matter
by Gaston Bachelard
Book Description
Gaston Bachelard, master dreamer of the elements, animates the waters of the soul with his stirring, fluid imagination. With the subtlety of a poet, he ranges from the surface of water with its reflective narcissism to the very depths where water flows into death. Clear waters, deep water, the Charon Complex, water in combination with other elements, maternal waters, water's morality, violent water, water's voice.
About the Author
Gaston Bachelard is acclaimed as one of the most significant modern thinkers of France. From 1929 to 1962 he wrote twenty-three books concerned with the philosophy of science and the analysis of the imagination of matter. His teaching career included posts at the College de Bar-sur-Aube, the University of Dijon, and from 1940 to 1962 the chair of history and philosophy of science at the Sorbonne. He received the Grand Prix National des Lettres in 1961--one of only three philosophers ever to have achieved this honor. The influence of his thought can be felt in all discipoles of the humanities--art, archetecture, literature, poetics, psychology, philosophy, and language.
Keywords: Water and Dreams an Essay on the Imagination of Matter, Books, Gaston Bachelard, Edith R. Farrell, Literary Criticism, Psychology, Self-Help, Dreams - General, Semiotics & Theory
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