The Titanic in Myth and Memory
Subtitle: Representations in Visual and Literary Culture
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Published: November 4, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9781850434313
Subjects: Film theory & criticism; Literary studies: general; Media studies; The Arts: General Issues; Titanic (Steamship); Literary Criticism; History - General History; USA; Titanic (Steamship) in motion pictures; Maritime History; Performing Arts / Film / History & Criticism; American - General; 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 2Oth century, and perhaps more generally of the aspirations and anxieties of modernity.