Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

Breaking the magic spell

radical theories of folk and fairy tales

by Jack David Zipes

First published:
20th century
Language: English

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Description from Open Library

To begin with a true story told in fairy-tale manner: Once upon a time the famous physicist Albert Einstein was confronted by an overly concerned woman who sought advice on how to raise her small son to become a successful scientist.

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends
Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary matched “Folk literature”. Retained metadata contains “Fairy tales” in the subtitle, “Tales” in the subtitle, “fairy tale” in the description, and 5 additional metadata match(es).
- “Folk literature”· via Open Library
- “Fairy tales”· in subtitle
- “Tales”· in subtitle
- “fairy tale”· in description
- “Fairy tales”· in subject
- “Folk literature”· in subject

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Editions

Open Library reports 8 editions; 1 cataloged here.

Edition	Date	Publisher	Language	ISBN	Access	Links
radical theories of folk and fairy tales Open Library record	1979	Heinemann	English	9780435829858 9780435829865 0435829858 0435829866	Borrowable	Open Library (opens in a new tab)