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Naomi BenaronRunning the Rift is the most recent winner of the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, as awarded by Barbara Kingsolver. It's also an... Continue »
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The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales

by Bruno Bettelheim

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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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Helps adults become aware of the importance of fairy tales. By revealing the content of such stories he shows how children may make use of them to cope with their emotions, whether they be feelings of smallness and helplessness or the anxieties the child feels about strangers.
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ISBN:
9780140137279
Author:
BETTELHEIM, BRUNO
Publisher:
Penguin Books, Limited (UK)
Location:
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Subject:
Psychology-Child Psychology
Copyright:
1991
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NEW ED
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PENGUIN PSYCHOLOGY
Publication Date:
19910425
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Pages:
352
Dimensions:
198 x 128 in.
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