Tarzan of the Apes

• Tarzan is a central figure in American popular culture, beginning life in the pages of a pulp-fiction magazine and in a book that inspired numerous film and media adaptations. This new edition of the original novel places it in the context of its period with some fascinating related material.
• The Introduction situates the novel not only in the pulp fiction industry but against the backdrop of adventure stories, European exploration in Africa, the feral child and nature versus civilization.
• Appendices include selections of letters from readers to the editor of All-Story magazine where the novel first appeared, histories of feral children, African explorers and American advocates of self-reliance.
• Up-to-date bibliography, chronology, explanatory notes.

Readership: Readers of popular fiction, adventure stories, American literature, students of popular fiction and culture, gender, and race studies

Edgar Rice Burroughs and Jason Haslam, Associate Professor in the Department of English, Dalhousie University

'I am Tarzan, King of the Apes, mighty hunter, mighty fighter' - Read about this title on the OUPblog.