Gaston Bachelard, Revised and Updated: Philosopher of Science and Imagination (SUNY series in Contemporary French Thought)

Product Description

Comprehensive overview of the entire spectrum of works by one of twentieth-century France’s most original thinkers.

Review

“…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

About the Author

Roch C. Smith is Professor Emeritus of French at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the author of Understanding Alain Robbe-Grillet.