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On Tarzan
Alex Vernon
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Description for On Tarzan
Hardcover. Investigates a century's worth of Tarzan's incarnations and our varied imaginative responses to them. This work exposes the contradictions, ambiguities, and coincidences of the Tarzan phenomenon. It also offers a provocative model for understanding the life cycle of pop culture phenomena. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFG; DSK; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
This book explores our fascination with the King of the Jungle.""On Tarzan"" is a sometimes playful, sometimes serious, and always provocative consideration of the twentieth century's best-known fictional character. It is also the first book-length investigation of a century's worth of Tarzan's incarnations and our varied imaginative responses to them. As Alex Vernon looks at how and why we have accorded mythical, archetypal status to Tarzan, he takes stock of the Tarzan books, films, and comics as well as some of the many faux- and femme-Tarzan rip-offs, the toys and other tie-in products, the fanzines, and the appropriation of Tarzan's ... Read more
This book explores our fascination with the King of the Jungle.""On Tarzan"" is a sometimes playful, sometimes serious, and always provocative consideration of the twentieth century's best-known fictional character. It is also the first book-length investigation of a century's worth of Tarzan's incarnations and our varied imaginative responses to them. As Alex Vernon looks at how and why we have accorded mythical, archetypal status to Tarzan, he takes stock of the Tarzan books, films, and comics as well as some of the many faux- and femme-Tarzan rip-offs, the toys and other tie-in products, the fanzines, and the appropriation of Tarzan's ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820331836
SKU
V9780820331836
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About Alex Vernon
Alex Vernon is an associate professor of English at Hendrix College. His books include The Eyes of Orion, Soldiers Once and Still, Arms and the Self, and Most Succinctly Bred.
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