Description: CONDITION: NEW 2018 Henry Holt small hardcover (red boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Vintage B&W illustrations throughout. CONTENT: Like Nursery Rhymes, fairy tales can be rooted in true stories. Robert Bly revisits a selection of fairy tales and examines how these enduring narratives capture the essence of human nature. 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 illumination to these timeless tales. Along with illustrations of each story, the book features some of Bly's unpublished poetry, which peppers his lyric prose and offers a look inside the mind of an American master of letters in the twilight of his singular career. Additional tales are: "The Lindworm" "The Dark Man," "One-Two Man," and "The White Bear King Valemon." Shipping via USPS media mail within 2 days of order. All books clean. Questions welcome & answered.
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Book Title: More than True : the Wisdom of Fairy Tales
Book Series: Historical
Item Length: 7.7in.
Original Language: English
Vintage: No
Personalize: No
Format: Hardcover
Publication Date: 2018-03-27
Language: English
Item Height: 0.8in.
Personalized: No
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated, B&W Vintage Illus.
Topic: Literary Criticism, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Essays
Item Width: 5.3in.
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Holt & Company, Henry
Intended Audience: Adults
Inscribed: No
Edition: First Edition
California Prop 65 Warning: NONE
Pages: 192
Publication Year: 2018
Type: Literary Criticism
Literary Movement: Literary Criticism
Era: Timeless
Illustrator: Various
Author: Robert Bly
Genre: Folklore & Mythology, Literary Criticism, Literary Collections, Adult Fairy Tales
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Weight: 8.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
