On Tarzan

Informationen zum Autor ALEX VERNON is an associate professor of English at Hendrix College. His books include The Eyes of Orion , Soldiers Once and Still , and Arms and the Self . Klappentext Investigates a century's worth of Tarzan's incarnations and our varied imaginative responses to them. This title looks at how and why we have accorded mythical, archetypal status to Tarzan, and 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. Zusammenfassung 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 image in the media.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Alex Vernon
• Verlag: The University of Georgia Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 15.10.2008
• EAN: 9780820332055
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-3205-5
• Seiten: 226
• Abmessung: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Sozialwissenschaften allgemein