The Right to Dream

by Gaston Bachelard, Robert S. Dupree (Editor), Joanne H. Stroud (Editor)

A collection of essays on the arts (Chagall, Monet, Corti, Segal), literature (Rimbaud, Eluard, Poe, Balzac), and critical principles. Bachelard

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction, Psychology, Literary Criticism

190 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1978

About the author

Gaston Bachelard was a French philosopher who rose to some of the most prestigious positions in the French academy. His most important work is on poetics and on the philosophy of science. To the latter he introduced the concepts of epistemological obstacle and epistemological break (obstacle épistémologique et rupture épistémologique). He influenced many subsequent French philosophers, among them Michel Foucault and Louis Althusser.