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• ISBN: 0394497716
• ISBN: 9780394497716
• Physical Description: vi, 328, xi pages ; 24 cm
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Publisher: New York : Knopf : 1976.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-328) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: The struggle for meaning -- Part One: A pocketful of magic -- Life divined from the inside -- "The fisherman and the Jinny": fairy tale compared to fable -- Fairy tale versus myth: optimism versus pessimism -- "The three little pigs": Pleasure principle versus reality principle -- The child's need for magic -- Vicarious satisfaction versus conscious recognition -- The importance of externalization: fantasy figures and events -- Transformations: The fantasy of the wicked stepmother -- Bringing order into chaos -- "The queen bee": achieving integration -- "Brother and sister": unifying our dual nature -- "Sindbad the seaman and Sindbad the porter ": fancy versus reality -- The frame story of "Thousand and One Nights" -- Tales of two brothers -- "The three languages": building integration -- "The three feathers": the youngest child as simpleton -- Oedipal conflicts and resolutions: the knight in shining armor and the damsel in distress -- Fear of fantasy: Why were fairy tales outlawed? -- Transcending infancy with the help of fantasy -- "The goose girl": achieving autonomy -- Fantasy, recovery, escape, and consolation -- On the telling of fairy stories -- Part Two: In fairy land -- "Hansel and Gretel" -- "Little Red Riding Hood" -- "Jack and the Beanstalk" -- The jealous queen in "Snow White" and the myth of Oedipus -- "Snow White" -- "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" -- "The Sleeping Beauty" -- "Cinderella" -- The animal-groom cycle of fairy tales.

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Fairy tales > History and criticism.
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Folklore.
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