Prof. Rubenstein - Eng. 102 - SPRING 2023; Fairy Tales: eBooks

“This book explores how Gothicism is crucial in helping children progress through different stages of growth and development . . . incorporating renowned psychologist Erik Erikson's landmark theories on psychosocial stages of development . . . Gothic elements give shape to children's fears, which is precisely how children are able to defeat them, and through their interactions with the ghosts and goblins that inhabit fantasy worlds, children come to better understand their own world, as well as their own lives.”