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The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales by Bruno Bettelheim
Category: Languages and Reference
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 ...Show more
The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales by Bruno Bettelheim
Category: Culture | Series: Penguin Psychology Ser.
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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