Air is one of the most dynamic elements we can feel only in its movement. This book is devoted to the element of air and how it is reflected in literature. Gaston Bachelard analyzes the works of Friedrich Nietzsche, Rainer Maria Rilke, William Blake, Percy Shelley, and other writers and poets—dissecting the visible and hidden images, exploring metaphors, and offering unexpected interpretations. In the French philosopher’s view, a poetic image should not be understood but experienced; it is reality itself and cannot be reduced to anything else.