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Initiation and Meaning in the Tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Bibliographic Data

ID2777086
AuthorsNorman J Girardot (corresponding author)
Year1977
Volume90
Issue357
Pages274
Publication date1977-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of American Folklore (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-8715 • E-ISSN: 1535-1882
PublisherUniversity of Illinois Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/539520
OpenAlexW2335401866
LanguageEN
Citations received10

The psychology of Snow White: What does she hope for? Someday my prince will come. By this Snow White means that she lives her own being as incomplete, pending the arrival of one who will complete her. That is, she lives her own being as not-with (even though she is in some sense with the seven men, Bill, Kevin, Clem, Hubert, Henry, Edward and Dan). But the not-with is experienced as stronger, more real, at this particular instance of time, than the being-with. ... [or] in the area of fears, she fears

Art · Astronomy · Astrophysics · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literature · Meaning (existential) · Meteorology · Physics · Snow · Stars · White (mutation) · White dwarf · Chemistry · History · Philosophy · Themes in Literature Analysis

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Unique citing works10
Citations per year0,29
Citation span1991 - 2025 (35)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 8

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