The Titanic in Myth and Memory
Subtitle: Representations in Visual and Literary Culture
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Published: October 21, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781850434320
Subjects: Film theory & criticism; Literary studies: general; Media studies; The Arts: General Issues; Ships & Shipbuilding - History; History - General History; Performing Arts; Textbooks; Titanic (Steamship) in motion pictures; Cinema/Film: Book; Titanic (Steamship); Ships & Shipbuilding - Shipwrecks; Maritime History; Performing Arts / Film / History & Criticism; Film & Video - History & Criticism; Culture in motion pictures; Titanic (Motion picture : 1997)
First sentence: SINCE its fateful maiden voyage and sinking in April 1912, the Titanic has become a monumental icon of the 20th century, and perhaps more generally of the aspirations and anxieties of modernity.