At THE GEEK CURMUDGEON, editor Richard Klaw reports that his anthology THE APES OF WRATH is the main text for Dr. Joan Gordon’s class on apes in fiction.

846. GOING APE IN FICTION Joan Gordon

This seminar will look at the portrayal of our close cousins, the apes, in fiction, as allegories, symbols, mirrors of ourselves, and mindful subjects. We will begin by reading selections from the anthology The Apes of Wrath, edited by Richard Klaw, and conclude with the novel We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, by Karen Joy Fowler. In between, we will discuss relevant short non-fiction readings. For the first class, please read from The Apes of Wrath “The Apes and the Two Travelers” by Aesop, “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” by Poe, and “Tarzan’s First Love” by Burroughs. You might want to prepare by visiting the zoo and eating a banana monkey-style.

More details and the rest of Klaw’s article are available at THE GEEK CURMUDGEON.

For more info about THE APES OF WRATH, visit the Tachyon page.

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