This book examines the notion of the homely which rests at the foundation of Gaston Bachelard s concrete metaphysics. In order to trace the development of this effaced notion through the history of contemporary Continental philosophy and literature, this study progresses along two distinct arcs. One is presented in a traditional chronological fashion whereby the reader is invited to dig down into the enormous chasm set forth in Martin Heidegger s writing and its reception; become lost in Mark Danielewski s House of Leaves; climb out from this labyrinth into the maternal home; and,...