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"Few forms of storytelling have greater power to captivate the human mind than fairy tales, but where do these tales originate from, and what do they mean? Celebrated poet and bestselling author Robert Bly has been asking these questions throughout his career. Here Bly looks at six tales that have stood the test of time and have captivated the poet for decades, from "The Six Swans" to "The Frog Prince." Drawing on his own creative genius, and the work of a range of thinkers from Kirkegaard and Yeats to Freud and Jung, Bly turns these stories over in his mind to bring new meaning and…
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1 edition- Other · English · 2018Henry Holt and Company · 169 pages · 9781250158192
Truth in literatureFairy talesConduct of life in literatureWisdom in literatureTalesHistory and criticismPsychological aspectsFairy tales, history and criticism

