Tarzan of the Apes

ISBN-13: 9780199542888 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 288 str.

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Opis

A central figure in American popular culture, Tarzan first came swinging through the jungle in the pages of a pulp-fiction magazine in 1912, and subsequently appeared in the novel that went on to spawn numerous film, full-length cartoon, and theatrical adaptations. The infant Tarzan, lost on the coast of West Africa, is adopted by an ape-mother and 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 civilization and the jungle. Jason Haslam's engaging introduction situates the novel not only in the pulp fiction industry, but also against the backdrop of adventure stories, European exploration in Africa, and the debates over nature versus civilization. This edition also features an up-to-date bibliography, chronology, and helpful notes as well as appendices that include selections of letters from readers to the editor of The All-Story magazine where the novel first appeared, histories of feral children, African explorers, and American advocates of self-reliance.
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Recenzje

There's something about the way Burroughs tells stories that makes them great fun despite all the many ways he transgresses modern sensibilities. Leah Galbraith, FictionFan

O autorze

Edgar Rice Bourroughs, geb. am 1. September 1875 in Chicago, schrieb in den Jahren von 1912 bis zu seinem Tod im Jahr 1950 über 60 Romane und zahlreiche Kurzgeschichten.