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OverviewComprehensive overview of the entire spectrum of works by one of twentieth-century France's most original thinkers. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Roch C. SmithPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Edition: Revised and Updated ed Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9781438461915ISBN 10: 1438461917 Pages: 204 Publication Date: 01 July 2016 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations Chronology Introduction 1. The Man and His Times 2. Early Epistemology 3. The New Scientific Mind 4. Fragmentation and the Temptation of Ontology 5. Fire, Water, and the Material Imagination 6. Air, Earth, and the Dynamic Imagination 7. A Phenomenology of the Creative Imagination 8. Toward a Complementary Approach to Criticism Notes Bibliography IndexReviews...Smith's excellent study of Gaston Bachelard will interest writers, philosophers, and scientists alike. Smith's lucid expose of Bachelard's epistemology of science and the literary imagination brings the two aspects of his work together by showing how they dovetail. Also, Smith's study goes beyond the duality commonly associated with the French philosopher to identify a third area: time and consciousness. After that, every reader's imagination will be fired by the insights he brings to Bachelard's oeuvre. - The Comparatist """…Smith's excellent study of Gaston Bachelard will interest writers, philosophers, and scientists alike. Smith's lucid exposé of Bachelard's epistemology of science and the literary imagination brings the two aspects of his work together by showing how they dovetail. Also, Smith's study goes beyond the duality commonly associated with the French philosopher to identify a third area: time and consciousness. After that, every reader's imagination will be fired by the insights he brings to Bachelard's oeuvre."" — The Comparatist" Author InformationRoch C. Smith is Professor Emeritus of French at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the author of Understanding Alain Robbe-Grillet. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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