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RO60140950. THE USES OF ENCHANTMENT, The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales. 1978. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 327 pages. Dos insolé.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
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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"
-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
"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
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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"
-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
"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 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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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date1978
- ISBN 10 0140551352
- ISBN 13 9780140551358
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