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The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales
Vintage Books
May 2010
On Sale: May 11, 2010
352 pages ISBN: 0307739635 EAN: 9780307739636 Kindle: B004FGMPHG Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
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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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