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Fairy Tales, Myth, and Psychoanalytic Theory
Veronica L. Schanoes · 2016
78/100
👍 Worth It
Schanoes builds a genuinely original critical framework here — applying feminist psychoanalytic theory (Chodorow, Baker Miller) to revisionist fairy-tale fiction by writers like Anne Sexton and Angela Carter in a way that had not been sustained before this Routledge monograph. It is rigorous and specialized, squarely for graduate literary scholars, but within that audience it delivers real intellectual substance.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
⚠ Parent note — our reviewers flagged: source texts discussed contain mature feminist themes; academic discourse on gender and psychoanalysis not appropriate for children. We still scored it 78; these are context for your family, not an automatic skip.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety76
Substance / usefulness78
Craft & writing76
Originality82
Evidence & accuracy83
Hype vs delivers76
Age-fit81
👁 Human-eye gut-check78
Penny’s verdict78
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