description: Dr. Bettleheim has written this book t help adults become aware of the irreplaceable importance of tairy tales. By revealing the true content of such stories, he shows how children may make use of them to cope with their baffling emotions, whether they be feelings of smallness and helplessness, or the anxieties the child feels about strangers and the mysteries of the outside world.
language: English
title: The Uses of Enchantment: Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales
titlecomplete: The Uses of Enchantment: Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales (Peregrine Books)
genres: Reference, Philosophy, Psychology, Nonfiction, Literature, Parenting, Mythology, Fairy Tales, Folklore, Literary Criticism
ratings_count: 5648
awards: awardedAt: 220953600000
name: National Book Award
category: Contemporary Thought, awardedAt: 189331200000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Criticism
publisher: Penguin (Peregrine)