The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales
Bruno Bettelheim was one of the great child psychologists of the twentieth century and perhaps none of his books has been more influential than this revelatory study of fairy tales and their universal importance in understanding childhood development.Analyzing a wide range of traditional stories,...
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Bruno Bettelheim was one of the great child psychologists of the twentieth century and perhaps none of his books has been more influential than this revelatory study of fairy tales and their universal importance in understanding childhood development.Analyzing a wide range of traditional stories, from the tales of Sindbad to “The Three Little Pigs,” “Hansel and Gretel,” and “The Sleeping Beauty,” Bettelheim shows how the fantastical, sometimes cruel, but always deeply significant narrative strands of the classic fairy tales can aid in our greatest human task, that of finding meaning for one’s life.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780307739636 (0307739635)
ASIN: 307739635
Publish date: December 22nd 2010
Publisher: Vintage Books
Pages no: 339
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Non Fiction,
Academic,
Reference,
Literature,
Criticism,
Literary Criticism,
Fairy Tales,
Philosophy,
Psychology,
Theory,
Folklore
Okay, if I'm being honest, I'm probably not going to get to this. But it's got my attention right at this moment.
Freud, Freud, and more Freud.
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