Friday, 15 July 2011

Myth of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 08:43 PM PDT
artwork: Edgar Rice Burroughs had never been to Africa, but in creating Tarzan, he was inspired by many legends. He made Tarzan a real modern Western superhero living in an imaginary and idealized Africa in which he accomplishes incredible exploits in adventure after adventure.
PARIS.- Tarzan was a literary phenomenon from the very first book published in 1912, and soon appeared in comic strips, radio programmes, television series and films. The character, who features in many media such as posters, figurines, CDs and even games, continues to fascinate and fuel our vision of an imaginary, fantasy Africa. In the exhibition Tarzan! or Rousseau and the Waziri, the Musée du Quai Branly, in collaboration with the Centre International de la Bande Dessinée et de l’Image (International Centre for Comic Books and Image), explores the myth embodied by this popular icon

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