| The Witch Must Die: The Hidden Meaning of Fairy Tales Contributor(s): Cashdan, Sheldon (Author) |
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ISBN: 0465008968 ISBN-13: 9780465008964 Publisher: Basic Books OUR PRICE: $21.77 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2000 Annotation: In The Witch Must Die, Sheldon Cashdan explores how fairy tales help children deal with psychological conflicts by projecting their own internal struggles between good and evil onto the battles enacted by the characters in the stories. Not since Bettelheim's The Uses of Enchantment has the underlying significance of fantasy and fairy tales been so insightfully and entertainingly mined. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychotherapy - Child & Adolescent - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology - Psychology | Movements - Psychoanalysis |
| Dewey: 398.45 |
| Lexile Measure: 1150 |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.32" W x 7.92" (0.72 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In The Witch Must Die, Sheldon Cashdan explores how fairy tales help children deal with psychological conflicts by projecting their own internal struggles between good and evil onto the battles enacted by the characters in the stories. Not since Bettelheim's The Uses of Enchantment has the underlying significance of fantasy and fairy tales been so insightfully and entertainingly mined. |