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The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales (Vintage)

By Bruno Bettelheim

Book information

Publisher
Vintage
Year
2010
ISBN
0307739635, 9780307739636
Open Library ID
OL24091618M
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
605 kB (619160 bytes)
Pages
352\0
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

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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