The poetics of space / Gaston Bachelard ; translated by Maria Jolas ; foreword by Mark Z. Danielewski ; introduction by Richard Kearney.

Translated from the French.

Includes bibliographical references.

Foreward / Mark Z. Danielewski -- Introduction / Richard Kearney -- Suggestions for further reading -- Introduction / Gaston Bachelard -- The house, from cellar to garret. The significance of the hut -- House and universe -- Drawers, chests and wardrobes -- Nests -- Shells -- Corners -- Miniature -- Intimate immensity -- The dialectics of outside and inside -- The phenomenology of roundness -- Notes.