The Uses of Enchantment (National Book Award Winner)
The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales
$37.86
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
11 May 2010
Summary
Winner of the National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award
“A charming book about enchantment, a profound book about fairy tales.“—John Updike, The New York Times Book Review
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.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780307739636 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0307739635 |
| Author: | Bruno Bettelheim |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 11 May 2010 |
| Weight: | 249g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 132mm x 203mm |
| Series: | Vintage |
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Critics Review
“Bettelheim argues convincingly that fairy tales provide a unique way for children to come to terms with the dilemmas of their inner lives.” -The Atlantic
“Bettelheim argues convincingly that fairy tales provide a unique way for children to come to terms with the dilemmas of their inner lives.” —The Atlantic
“A charming book about enchantment, a profound book about fairy tales.” —John Updike, The New York Times Book Review
“A splendid achievement, brimming with useful ideas, with insights into how young children read and understand, and most of all overflowing with a realistic optimism and with an experienced and therapeutic good will.” —Harold Bloom, The New York Review of Books
“Provocative and persuasive.” —Boston Globe
Bruno Bettelheim
Bruno Bettelheim was born in Vienna in 1903. He received his doctorate at the University of Vienna and came to America in 1939, after a year in the concentration camps of Dachau and Buchenwald. He was a Distinguished Professor of Education and Professor of both psychology and psychiatry at the University of Chicago. He died in 1990.
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