Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan stories
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Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan stories are a classic series of early 20th-century adventure tales about a man raised by apes in the African jungle, which helped define the modern jungle hero archetype and inspired numerous adaptations in film, television, and other media.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tarzan novels | 1 |
| Tarzan novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs | 1 |
Statements (66)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
adventure fiction
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literary work series ⓘ pulp fiction series ⓘ |
| adaptedInto |
animated films
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comic books ⓘ comic strips ⓘ films ⓘ radio dramas ⓘ stage productions ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| author | Edgar Rice Burroughs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| firstBookPublicationYear | 1914 ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium | All-Story Magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstWorkInSeries | Tarzan of the Apes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure
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fantasy ⓘ lost world fiction ⓘ |
| influenced | jungle hero archetype ⓘ |
| inUniverseElement |
Mangani (fictional great apes)
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Opar (lost city) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | early 20th-century popular fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Tarzan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAdaptation |
Disney's Tarzan (1999 film)
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Tarzan the Ape Man (1932 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Jungle Tales of Tarzan
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Tarzan Triumphant NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarzan and the Ant Men NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarzan and the Castaways NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarzan and the City of Gold NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarzan and the Forbidden City NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarzan and the Foreign Legion NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarzan and the Golden Lion NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarzan and the Leopard Men NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarzan and the Lion Man NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarzan and the Lost Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarzan and the Madman NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarzan at the Earth's Core NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarzan of the Apes NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarzan the Invincible NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarzan the Magnificent NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarzan the Terrible NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarzan the Untamed NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarzan's Quest NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle NERFINISHED ⓘ The Beasts of Tarzan NERFINISHED ⓘ The Return of Tarzan NERFINISHED ⓘ The Son of Tarzan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfNovels | 24 ⓘ |
| periodOfPublicationEnd | 1940s ⓘ |
| periodOfPublicationStart | 1910s ⓘ |
| protagonistRaisedBy | apes ⓘ |
| protagonistRealName | John Clayton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistTitle | Lord Greystoke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationStartYear | 1912 ⓘ |
| publisher | A. C. McClurg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recurringCharacter |
Jane Porter
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Kala NERFINISHED ⓘ Kerchak NERFINISHED ⓘ Korak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | African jungle ⓘ |
| theme |
civilization versus nature
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heredity and nobility ⓘ identity ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tarzan novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Adventures of Tarzan (serial involvement noted historically)
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basedOn
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Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan stories
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subject surface form:
The Adventures of Tarzan
this entity surface form:
Tarzan novels