The Penguin Book of Mermaids
$38.51
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
15 October 2019
Summary
Includes “The Little Mermaid,” now a major motion picture from Disney starring Halle Bailey and directed by Rob Marshall
Dive into centuries of mermaid lore with these captivating tales from around the world.
A Penguin Classic
Among the oldest and most popular mythical beings, mermaids and other merfolk have captured the imagination since long before Ariel sold her voice to a sea witch in the beloved Disney film adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Lit…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143133728 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0143133721 |
| Author: | Cristina Bacchilega, Marie Alohalani Brown |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 15 October 2019 |
| Weight: | 251g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 131mm x 196mm |
Critics Review
Superb: the first substantial anthology of mermaid stories. Nobody knows what mermaids are, but there is great enjoyment in reading tales that make us believe in them. They are alluring, demonic, vengeful, innocent, hypnotic, enchanting, and divine, and you can find all of them and more in The Penguin Book of Mermaids – Jack Zipes
Notable for its wide scope, both in terms of region and time period … We still crave supernatural creatures. The Penguin Book of Mermaids definitely satisfies that craving, drawing us into their narrative depths with alluring promises * Los Angeles Review of Books *
Accessible yet rigorous, passionately diverse, and thoroughly spellbinding … Many-voiced, irresistible, and essential … [with] insightful story notes, generous attributions, and tantalizing bibliography. The desires and dangers of the shape-changing sea have rarely been so intelligently and inclusively showcased * Publishers Weekly *
Tapping into the seductive sorcery of mermaid lore, The Penguin Book of Mermaids reminds us why these aquatic beings-who awaken both dread and desire-continue to attract our attention – Maria Tatar, Harvard University
Cristina Bacchilega
Cristina Bacchilega
Cristina Bacchilega is a professor and the graduate program director in the Department of English at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. Her published works include Postmodern Fairy Tales: Gender and Narrative Strategies, Legendary Hawai’i and the Politics of Place: Tradition, Translation, and Tourism, and Fairy Tales Transformed? Twenty-First-Century Adaptations and the Politics of Wonder.
Marie Alohalani Brown
Marie Alohalani Brown is an associate professor and the undergraduate chair in the Department of Religion at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. Her first book, Facing the Spears of Change: The Life and Legacy of John Papa ‘I’i, won the Palapala Po’okela Award for the best book on Hawaiian language, culture, and history.
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