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Visions of Caliban
on chimpanzees and people
By Peterson, Dale & Goodall, Jane
- ISBN
- 978-0-39553-760-2
- Publisher
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1993.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 1993
In this sequel to his book about endangered primates, The Deluge and the Ark ( LJ 9/1/89), Tufts English professor Peterson uses Shakespeare's The Tempest as an extended allegory of the relationship between chimpanzees (Caliban) and humans (Prospero). Goodall's comments and recollections are inserted in italics throughout the text, which takes us from the remaining chimpanzee population in the wild and their capture and mistreatment in Africa to their use...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
