The uses of enchantment
Subtitle: the meaning and importance of fairy tales
By: Bruno Bettelheim.
Series: Borzoi Book
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf; distributed by Random House, Inc.
Published: 1976
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
Copyright date: 1976
Subjects: Fairy tales -- History and criticism; Psychoanalysis; Folk-lore and children
First sentence: If we hope to live not just from moment to moment, but in true consciousness of our existence, then our greatest need and most difficult achievement is to fine meaning in our lives.
Description: Discusses how fairy tales are used to educate, support, and liberate the emotions of children; how the tales reveal the child, subconsciously to himself.
Notes: Includes index.

Bibliography, p. (325)-328.