how was it received ?
It has been cited as an influence in many subsequent works that utilise fairy tales and as the inspiration for 1986 musical.
Reception and influence
In the U.S., Bettelheim and "The Uses of Enchantment" won the 1976 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism
and the 1977 National Book Award in category Contemporary Thought.

Robert A. Segal writes, "It is the disjunction between Bettelheim's up-to-date approach to fairy tales and his old-fashioned approach to myths that is striking."

"The Uses of Enchantment" has been cited as an influence in many subsequent works that utilise fairy tales in adult terms, including the 2011 Catherine Hardwicke film "Red Riding Hood" and the 2014 fantasy horror film "Red Kingdom Rising". It was claimed by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine as the inspiration for their 1986 musical "Into the Woods".
when was goldilocks and the three bears written In 1837. what kind of a work is it? It is a British 19th-century fairy tale story. who is the composer? It is a story written by British writer and poet Robert Southey. what is the storyline? In one version a littele girl who enters the forest home of three bachelor bears whilst they are away. She sits in their chairs, eats some of their porridge, and sleeps in one of their beds. When the bears return and discover her, she wakes up, jumps out of the window, and is never seen again. what were the various interpretations this work received? The original version of the tale tells of a badly-behaved old woman, the second version replaced the old woman with a little girl named Goldilocks, the third version replaced the original bear trio with Papa Bear, Mama Bear and Baby Bear. what can you tell me about his other works? "The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales",  "The Tale of the Three Little Pigs", "The Uses of Enchantment". was he active in  politics? UNANSWERABLE what all honors has he received? None, But It was well received and most popular fairy tales in the English language. what is the structure of his third work mentioned above? The first, "A Pocketful of Magic," outlines thoughts on the value of fairy tales for children. The second part, "In Fairy Land," presents psychoanalytical readings of several popular fairy tales.
In the U.S., Bettelheim and "The Uses of Enchantment" won the 1976 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism and the 1977 National Book Award in category Contemporary Thought. It won the 1976 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism and the 1977 National Book Award in category Contemporary Thought. It  won the 1976 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism and the 1977 National Book Award in category Contemporary Thought.
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In the U.S., Bettelheim and "The Uses of Enchantment" won the 1976 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism
and the 1977 National Book Award in category Contemporary Thought. n the U.S., Bettelheim and "The Uses of Enchantment" won the 1976 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism
and the 1977 National Book Award in category Contemporary Thought. won the 1976 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism
and the 1977 National Book Award in category Contemporary Thought.
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The Uses of Enchantment [SEP] Reception and influence
In the U.S., Bettelheim and "The Uses of Enchantment" won the 1976 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism and the 1977 National Book Award in category Contemporary Thought. Robert A. Segal writes, "It is the disjunction between Bettelheim's up-to-date approach to fairy tales and his old-fashioned approach to myths that is striking." "The Uses of Enchantment" has been cited as an influence in many subsequent works that utilise fairy tales in adult terms, including the 2011 Catherine Hardwicke film "Red Riding Hood" and the 2014 fantasy horror film "Red Kingdom Rising". It was claimed by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine as the inspiration for their 1986 musical "Into the Woods".