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Author : Pleasant DeSpain
Release : 2003
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 117/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Tales of Enchantment by : Pleasant DeSpain
Download or read book Tales of Enchantment written by Pleasant DeSpain. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains a magical collection of folktales from around the world.
Author : Margaret Evans Alice
Release : 1989
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 128/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Child's Book of Myths and Enchantment Tales by : Margaret Evans Alice
Download or read book A Child's Book of Myths and Enchantment Tales written by Margaret Evans Alice. This book was released on 1989. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of twenty Greek and Roman myths including Apollo and Diana, Arcas and Callisto, and Pomona and Vertumnus.
Author : Bruno Bettelheim
Release : 2010-12-22
Genre : Psychology
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Book Rating : 523/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Uses of Enchantment by : Bruno Bettelheim
Download or read book The Uses of Enchantment written by Bruno Bettelheim. This book was released on 2010-12-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award "A charming book about enchantment, a profound book about fairy tales."—John Updike, The New York Times Book Review Bruno Bettelheim was one of the great child psychologists of the twentieth century and perhaps none of his books has been more influential than this revelatory study of fairy tales and their universal importance in understanding childhood development. Analyzing a wide range of traditional stories, from the tales of Sindbad to “The Three Little Pigs,” “Hansel and Gretel,” and “The Sleeping Beauty,” Bettelheim shows how the fantastical, sometimes cruel, but always deeply significant narrative strands of the classic fairy tales can aid in our greatest human task, that of finding meaning for one’s life.
Author : Carolyne Larrington
Release : 2013
Genre : Arthurian romances
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Book Rating : 641/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Magical Tales by : Carolyne Larrington
Download or read book Magical Tales written by Carolyne Larrington. This book was released on 2013. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A faun carrying an umbrella; a hobbit who lives in a hole; a mysterious name - Lyra; an ill-treated schoolboy with a scar and a secret. Children's fantasy books often begin with resonant images. However, they also begin in an author's reading practices. How do children's authors incorporate myths and legends into their work? And how do myths and legends change as a result? In this richly illustrated collection of essays a team of academic experts trace the magical tales from Norse myth, Arthurian legend and medieval literature which have inspired the finest writers for children, including C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and Alan Garner. Drawing on collections of manuscripts and rare books in the Bodleian Library, additional chapters put the spotlight on spell books, grimoires and books that do magic, as well as exploring stunning examples of pop-up books, harlequinades and concertina panoramas from the Opie Collection of Children's Literature.Other writers under discussion include children's authors of the Victorian era, such as George MacDonald, Rudyard Kipling and E. Nesbit, and twentieth-century writers Susan Cooper, Diana Wynne Jones and Philip Pullman. Through wide-ranging analysis these essays show how literature and tales from the Middle Ages and earlier still have been reinterpreted for each generation and continue to have a profound impact on writers of fantasy books for children today.
Author : Thomas Peckett Prest
Release : 1836
Genre : English fiction
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Book Synopsis Tales of Enchantment by : Thomas Peckett Prest
Download or read book Tales of Enchantment written by Thomas Peckett Prest. This book was released on 1836. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
