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
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.