Symbolism in Fairytales

Maxfield Parrish, Sleeping Beauty

-Reading List for the
Symbolism in Fairytales Seminar

The Center for Story and Symbol

Selected list - from the reading list prepared for the Symbolism in Fairytales seminar. You can click on the title to order a new copy of most books, or follow the used copies link to see if used copies of the title are available.

Clinical Applications

Birkhäuser-Oeri, Sibylle (1988) The Mother: Archetypal Image in Fairy Tales, Toronto: Inner City Books
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Bly, Robert and Woodman, Marion (1998) The Maiden King: The Reunion of Masculine and Feminine, New York: Henry Holt
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Dwivedi, Kedar Nath (1997) The Therapeutic Use of Stories, New York: Routledge
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Johnson, Robert A. (1993) The Fisher King and the Handless Maiden: Understanding the Wounded Feeling Function in Masculine and Feminine Psychology, New York: HarperSanFrancisco
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Kast, Verena (1995) Folktales as Therapy, New York: Fromm International
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Meade, Erica Helm (1995) Tell It by Heart: Women and the Healing Power of Story, Chicago: Open Court
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Morena, Gita Dorothy (1998) The Wisdom of Oz, San Diego: Inner Connections Press
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Stone, Richard (1996) The Healing Art of Storytelling: A Sacred Journey of Personal Discovery. New York: Hyperion
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Von Franz, Marie-Louise (1997) Archetypal Patterns in Fairy Tales. Toronto: Inner City Books
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Von Franz, Marie-Louise (1996) The Interpretation of Fairy Tales. Dallas: Spring
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Von Franz, Marie-Louise (1972) The Feminine in Fairy Tales. Putnam, CT: Spring Publications
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Von Franz, Marie-Louise (1982) Individuation in Fairy Tales. Putnam, CT: Spring Publications
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Woodman, Marion and Mellick, Jill (1998) Coming Home to Myself; Reflections for Nurturing a Woman’s Body & Soul. Berkeley: Conari
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Zweig, Connie and Abrams, Jeremiah (1991) Meeting the Shadow: The Hidden Power of the Dark Side of Human Nature. Los Angeles: Jeremy P. Tarcher
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Theory and Reference Works

Propp, Vladimir Aioakovlevich (1969) Morphology of the Folktale. Austin: University of Texas
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Lüthi, Max (1970) Once Upon a Time: Upon the Nature of Fairy Tales, Bloomington: Indiana University Press
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Roheim, Géza (1992) Fire in the Dragon: And Other Psychoanalytic Essays on Folklore, Princeton: Princeton University Press
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Tatar, Maria (1987) The Hard Facts of the Grimms’ Fairy Tales, Princeton: Princeton University Press
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Travers, P.L. (1989) What the Bee Knows: Reflections on Myth, Symbol and Story, New York: Penguin
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Warner, Marina (1994) From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and their Tellers. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux Check for used copies

Zipes, Jack (1983) Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion: The Classical Genre for Children and the Process of Civilization, New York: Methuen
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Zipes, Jack (1988) The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World, New York: Routledge
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Personal Applications

Arrien, Angeles (1993) The Four-Fold Way. New York: HarperSanFrancisco
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Chinen, Allan B. (1989) In the Ever After: Fairy Tales and the Second Half of Life. Wilmette, IL: Chiron
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Chinen, Allan B. (1989) Once upon a Midlife: Classic Stories and Mythic Tales to Illuminate the Middle Years. Wilmette, IL: Chiron
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Estes, Clarissa Pinkola (1992) Women Who Run with the Wolves; Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype. New York: Ballantine
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Hyde, Lewis (1998) Trickster Makes This World. New York: North Point Press
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Jacoby, Mario; Kast, Verena; and Riedel, Ingrid (1978) Witches, Ogres and The Devil’s Daughter: Encounters with Evil in Fairy Tales. Boston: Shambhala
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Keen, Sam and Valley-Fox, Anne (1973) Your Mythic Journey: Finding Meaning in Your Life through Writing and Storytelling. New York: Tarcher/Putnam
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Meade, Erica Helm (1995) Tell It by Heart: Women and the Healing Power of Story. Chicago: Open Court
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Murdock, Maureen (1990) The Heroine’s Journey. Boston: Shambhala
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Nelson, Gertrud Mueller (1991) Here All Dwell Free: Stories to Heal the Wounded Feminine. New York: Doubleday
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Pearson, Carol S. (1991) Awakening the Heroes Within: Twelve Archetypes to Help Us Find Ourselves and Transform Our World. New York: HarperSanFransisco
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Woodman, Marion (1982) Addiction to Perfection: The Still Unravished Bride. Toronto: Inner City Books
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Young, Jonathan (1996) Saga - Best New Writings on Mythology Vol. 1. Ashland, OR: White Cloud Press
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Young, Jonathan (2000) Saga - Best New Writings on Mythology Vol. 2. Ashland, OR: White Cloud Press
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Workshop Information

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