The Uses Of Enchantment by Bruno Bettelheim - 1977: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/DJ flap corner clipped. Authored by Bruno Bettelheim ( 1903 - 1990 ), controversial Austrian child psychologist, professor of psychology at the University of Chicago ( 1944 - 1973 ) , Concentration camp survivor ( 1938 - 1939 ), and his analysis ofthe darker side of fairy talesand their themes of abandonment, death, witches, injuries in terms of Freudian psychology and how children can benefit - now considered much more complex and controversial. Introduction : The Struggle For Meaning.. Part One : A Pocketfull of Magic ( Life Devined from The Inside... Fairy Tale Compared to Fable.... Fairy Tale Compared To Myth....." The Three Little Pigs " : Pleasure Principle versus Reality Principle....The Child's Need For Magic, etc......Part Two : In Fairyland ( " Hansel and Gretel "' ..." Little Red Riding Hood " ... " Jack and the Beanstalk "...... " Snow White " . " The Sleeping Beauty "... " Cinderella " etc...) Notes. Bibliography. Index. Indented lettering on maroon cloth book with copper-colored lettering on spine. ( 6 3/8 X 9 5/8 X 1 1/4 ) 328 pages, plus index. Flap on pictorial dust jacket clipped. book weighs 1 1/2 pounds.

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