The uses of enchantment: the meaning and importance of fairy tales
(2017)
Fiction
eAudiobook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Tantor Audio : Made available through hoopla, 2017
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (14hr., 25 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781515998532 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT11835333, 1515998533 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 11835333
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Read by Gerard Doyle
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 Sinbad 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
Mode of access: World Wide Web