The Irresistible Psychology of Fairy Tales (newrepublic.com)

The author spends several thousand words discussing the psychology of fairy tales, and never once mentions Tolkien's magisterial essay on the topic? Her own points are interesting, I think, but without a discussion of Tolkien's thoughts regarding Eucatastrophe or Recovery, her essay is bound to be incomplete at best. Indeed, it's a pretty good example of why Tolkien's notion of "Escape" is so badly needed.

Offtopic: TNR's (new?) layout is awesome! Congrats to the designers and I hope this is a sign of things to come to other magazines.

Recommended: The Storytelling Animal by Jonathan Gottschall http://jonathangottschall.com/storytelling-animal