The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales
Author(s): Bruno Bettelheim
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.
Product Information
Bruno Bettelheim was Professor of Psychology at the University of Chicago from 1944 to 1973. He died in 1990.
General Fields
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- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : 0.254
- : 01 April 1991
- : 198mm X 128mm X 22mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Child & developmental psychology; Popular psychology
- : 328 plus Index
- : 398.2
- : English
- : 1
- : Paperback
- : Bruno Bettelheim