The Uses of Enchantment

The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales

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The Uses of Enchantment

The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales

  • 3.0 (2 ratings) ·
  • 35 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 3 Have read

Discusses how fairy tales are used to educate, support, and liberate the emotions of children; how the tales reveal the child, subconsciously to himself.

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Publisher
Vintage, Vintage Books
Language
English
Pages
352

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Cover of: The Uses of Enchantment
The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales (Vintage)
May 4, 2010, Vintage
Paperback
Cover of: The Uses of Enchantment
The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales
April 23, 1989, Vintage, Vintage Books
Paperback in English
Cover of: Kinder brauchen Märchen
Kinder brauchen Märchen
1989, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag
in German - Ungekürzte Ausg., 1. Aufl.
Cover of: Psicoanálisis de los cuentos de hadas
Psicoanálisis de los cuentos de hadas
1988, Editorial Crítica, Grupo Editorial Grijalbo
in Spanish
Cover of: The uses of enchantment
The uses of enchantment: the meaning and importance of fairy tales
1977, Vintage Books
in English
Cover of: The uses of enchantment
The uses of enchantment: the meaning and importance of fairy tales
1976, Alfred A. Knopf, distributed by Random House, Inc.
Hardcover in English
Cover of: The uses of enchantment
Cover of: The uses of enchantment
The uses of enchantment: the meaning and importance of fairy tales
1976, Knopf : distributed by Random House
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: The uses of enchantment
The uses of enchantment: the meaning and importance of fairy tales.
1976, Penguin
in English

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First Sentence

""Little Red Riding Hood was my first love."

Classifications

Library of Congress
GR550 .B47 1989x

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
352
Dimensions
7.9 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
Weight
10.4 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7699813M
Internet Archive
usesofenchantmen00brun
ISBN 10
0679723935
ISBN 13
9780679723936
LCCN
76041020
OCLC/WorldCat
19804609
Library Thing
432
Amazon ID (ASIN)
Goodreads
444388

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"Little Red Riding Hood was my first love.
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