Josephine Evetts Secker Pořadí knih

Exploring the concept of speech as a psychic event, this book delves into the nuances of how language shapes our consciousness within various contexts, including professional dialogues, psychoanalytic sessions, and creative expressions like dreams, fairy tales, myths, and poetry. It seeks to enhance understanding of the psyche's communication, highlighting its significance in both personal and collective narratives.

Focusing on girls whose fathers teach them to live full, adventurous lives, this beautifully illustrated, multicultural collection of folk stories is full of traditional wisdom. In ten engaging folk tales--Danish, Dinka (Sudanese), German, French, Muskogee (Native American), English, Indian, Polish, Italian, and Arabian--this anthology explores the wonderful complexities of father-daughter relationships around the world. At every step these stories show how fathers, grandfathers, uncles, and other father figures can help girls to grow up in a complicated world. Often the men urge their daughters to stand on their own and to face challenges with courage, wit, and integrity. As the girls make their way from childhood to young womanhood, they learn to value their own judgment in addition to their fathers' experience. Filled with traditional wisdom, this anthology explores timeless issues like kindness, respect, self-reliance, and trust. With colorful watercolor illustrations on every page, Father and Daughter Tales is perfect for adults to read aloud to young children, or for older children to read independently. Familiar stories like "The Frog Prince" and "Beauty and the Beast" appear side by side with tales that most readers will find new and exciting. In a helpful conclusion the author provides insights into the stories' most important themes, which adults will find useful as they read and discuss these tales with their children. Other Details: 89 full-color illustrations 80 pages 8 1/2 x 8 1/2" Published 1997

This book explores the special bond between mothers and daughters in the folktales of many world cultures. Each of the stories has a distinctive theme and flavour, but they are all captivating. They feature girls who face challenges of every kind, learning to rely on their inner strength, integrity, and quick wits. Mothers, grandmothers, godmothers, stepmothers, and mother-in-laws serve as role models, helping these girls learn to flourish in a world full of good and evil, struggle and delight. This book draws upon the wisdom of the ages to explore to issues that are important even today, like independence, honesty, and love.

Part of the Abbeville Anthology series, this pedestrian retelling of 10 folktales from around the world, all about mothers and daughters, is given a critical boost by Cann's luxuriant illustrations. Evetts-Secker's foreword and endnotes founder with the weight of jargon and specious pronouncements: "The godmother is not an actual goddess, but carries similar energy, compensating for the spiritual poverty of the girl's birth mother," or "[the stories] reflect what it is to be a natural and spiritual woman." Including familiar stories from European traditions as well as less well-known Chinese, Iroquois and Turkish tales, the retellings often rely on cliches. In the space of a few sentences, for example, the author describes how nymphs "fled in fright," as Demeter, whose heart is "froze[n] with fear," is also "frantic with fear." Cann's delicate watercolors include an inviting montage of motifs from various cultures. Surrounding each tale are intricate borders that feature, variously, red Chinese dragons, pale Japanese apple blossoms or vivid Eastern European embroidery patterns. While her figures occasionally look stiff or awkward, Cann's strong and inventive designs seem to burst from each page. Ages 6-12. A collection of folktales from various cultures illuminate the mother-daughter relationship. colour illustrations throughout