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DL/REVIEWS//SHAH I/4 - [Reviews of the work of Idries Shah: World Tales]

Reference code
DL/REVIEWS//SHAH I/4
Level of description
Sub-file
Title
[Reviews of the work of Idries Shah: World Tales]
Date/s
Undated.
Quantity & Format
2 Reviews
Creator
Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013
Scope and content
2 items. 2 copies of Lessing's review of Shah's 'World Tales' and Roger Sale's 'Fairy Tales and After'. Discusses fairy tales and childhood. References Bruno Bettelheim. Mentions The Little Mermaid, Christopher Robin, Toad of Toad Hall, Pooh Bear, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan and the role of Edwardian nursery tales. References the Bidpai fables (also known as The Tales of Kalila and Dimna), the Bible, Sir Thomas North, Plutarch and Shakespeare. Quotes Tolkien. Discusses the history of Shah's tale 'The Grateful Animals and the Ungrateful Man'.
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