Dreams of Air. An Experiment on the Imagination of Movement

Air is one of the most dynamic elements, which we only feel in its movement. This book is dedicated to the element of air and its reflection in literature. Gaston Bachelard analyzes the works of Friedrich Nietzsche, Rainer Maria Rilke, William Blake, Percy Shelley, and other writers and poets, dissecting both the revealed and hidden images, examining metaphors, and offering unexpected interpretations. According to the French philosopher, a poetic image should not be understood but experienced; it is reality itself and cannot be reduced to anything else.