Jungle Tales of Tarzan (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781511562881)

Tarzan's courtship of the female ape Teeka ends in failure when her preference turns to their mutual friend, the male ape Taug. Tarzan wrestles with his humanness versus his ape-ness. The allusion to Helen of Troy enriches the story, making Tarzan and Taug's fight over Teeka take on symbolic proportions. Stan Galloway writes: "when Burroughs chooses to name Helen as an objective correlative for Teeka, he expects both literal and emotional connections to occur." Tarzan's final claim of the story -- "Tarzan is a man. He will go alone." echoes the plight of Adam in the Garden of Eden.

Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs
ISBN-10: 1511562889
ISBN-13: 9781511562881
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 04/02/2015
Pages: 210
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.44d