by Neil Philip · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140139761
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«The Penguin Book of English Folktales» is the anthology of folk tales edited by Neil Philip, in paperback, published by Penguin (480 pages).
Anthology of over a hundred English folk tales, collected in writing in the nineteenth century and presented by Neil Philip with brief notes on their variants. Includes classic stories such as «Jack and the Beanstalk», «Tom Tit Tot» and «The Story of the Three Little Pigs», as well as legends of fairies, ghosts and demons.
The Penguin paperback edition, published on November 26, 1992, includes bibliographic references and an index.
For lovers of folklore and traditional English tales, with popular and academic interest due to its notes.
Philip Max Neilsen is an Australian poet, fiction writer and editor. He teaches poetry at the University of Queensland and was previously professor of creative writing at the Queensland University of Technology.
