February 2012
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January 2012
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Whatever has succeeded in bringing so much pleasure so often, and has at the...
– Wilhelm Grimm, Preface to the first edition of Kinder Und Hausmärchen
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[Modern children’s stories] mention neither death nor aging, the limits to...
– Bruno Bettelheim, The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales
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Evil is not without its attractions—symbolized by the mighty giant or dragon,...
– Bruno Bettelheim, The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales
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[Fairy tales] offer a culturally provided frame for both expressing and...
– Arthur N. Applebee, The Child’s Concept of Story: Ages Two to Seventeen
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December 2011
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[The fairy tale] uses fantasy characters (whom the child will soon enough...
– Arthur N. Applebee, The Child’s Concept of Story: Ages Two to Seventeen
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I do not think I was harmed by the horror in the fairy tale setting, out of...
– J.R.R. Tolkien, “On Fairy-Stories”
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