| French Fairy Tales: A Jungian Approach Contributor(s): Knapp, Bettina L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791454703 ISBN-13: 9780791454701 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology - Psychology | Movements - Jungian - Literary Criticism | European - French |
| Dewey: 398.209 |
| LCCN: 2002020901 |
| Series: Suny Psychoanalysis and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.96" W x 9.1" (1.19 lbs) 403 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Bettina L. Knapp explores the universal and eternal nature of fourteen French fairy tales, including the medieval Romance of Mélusine, Charles Perrault's seventeenth-century versions of Sleeping Beauty and Bluebeard, and Jean Cocteau's film version of Beauty and the Beast. She demonstrates the relevance of these fairy tales for modern readers, both for the psychological problems they address and for the positive resolutions they offer. Through her careful examination of these tales, Knapp shows that people in past eras suffered from such supposedly modern problems as alienation and identity crises and went through harrowing ordeals before experiencing some sort of fulfillment. By imparting the age-old wisdom embedded in these works, French Fairy Tales triggers new insights into psychological problems and offers helpful ways of dealing with them. |