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Fairy tales have traditionally been examined by psychologists and psychoanalysts primarily from the viewpoint of the child: what the child projects into the tale; with whom he or she identifies; what symbolic representations are unconsciously perceived in the tale; and how he or she is affected by being exposed to it (e.g., Bettelheim, 1976). Thus far, however, little attention has been paid to the fact that a story comes alive only as an interactive process between storyteller1and receiver—both of whom have needs, wishes, fantasies, and defenses that draw them together, with the story as their common focus.
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Eifermann, R.R. (1989). Varieties of Denial. In: Edelstein, E.L., Nathanson, D.L., Stone, A.M. (eds) Denial. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0737-2_11
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