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Also by Bruno Bettelheim:

The Uses Of Enchantment, May 2010
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THE USES OF ENCHANTMENT
By: Bruno Bettelheim

The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales

Vintage Books
May 2010
On Sale: May 11, 2010
352 pages
ISBN: 0307739635
EAN: 9780307739636
Kindle: B004FGMPHG
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Non-Fiction

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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