Tarzan, jungle king of popular culture
By: David Lemmo
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9781476666952
Subjects: In mass media; Tarzan; Characters
Description: "This book examines Tarzan in his various media representations--hunter, warrior, secret agent, fighter of communists and Nazis--and in his numerous story arcs, including crossover adventures featuring historical characters like Arthur Conan Doyle and Nikola Tesla"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: a continuity of popular culture; title: "Your son deserted Thursday. Letter will follow."; title: Edgar's improbable tale; title: Letters still come in about "Tarzan"; title: Tarzan takes on a pop cultural life of his own; title: Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc.; title: The Tarzan gravy train; title: Tarzan the invincible; title: Tarzanmania; title: Tarzan as folk hero; title: Edgar's epic adventures; title: "The greatest single fictional achievement of our time"; title: The Burroughs bibliophiles; title: The return of Tarzan; title: Ape-man at the popular culture crossroads of the future; title: Into the future.