Tarzan Of The Apes — Edgar Rice Burroughs Jason Haslam

Tarzan first came swinging through the jungle in the pages of a pulp fiction magazine in 1912 and subsequently in the novel that went on to spawn numerous film and other adaptations In its pages we find Tarzans origins how he is orphaned after his parents are marooned and killed on the coast of West Africa and is adopted by an ape mother He grows up to become a model of physical strength and natural prowess and eventually leader of his tribe When he encounters a group of white Europeans and rescues Jane Porter from a marauding ape he finds love and must choose between the values of the jungle and civilization The Tarzan of popular imagination bears only limited resemblance to Edgar Rice Burroughss creation and the complex backdrop of colonial appropriation literary heritage and nostalgic yearning from which he emerged This new edition considers these contexts as well as the enduring appeal of the King of the Apes

Tarzan first came swinging through the jungle in the pages of a pulp fiction magazine in 1912 and subsequently in the novel that went on to spawn numerous film and other adaptations In its pages we find Tarzan s origins how he is orphaned after his parents are marooned and killed on the coast of West Africa and is adopted by an ape mother He grows up to become a model of physical strength and natural prowess and eventually leader of his tribe When he encounters a group of white Europeans and rescues Jane Porter from a marauding ape he finds love and must choose between the values of the jungle and civilization The Tarzan of popular imagination bears only limited resemblance to Edgar Rice Burroughs s creation and the complex backdrop of colonial appropriation literary heritage and nostalgic yearning from which he emerged This new edition considers these contexts as well as the enduring appeal of the King of the Apes