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The myth of the Titanic
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Title
The myth of the Titanic / Richard Howells.
ISBN
9780230510845
0230510841
2305108419
9782305108414
9781349405855
134940585X
Published
Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1999.
Physical Description
1 online resource. (xii, 213 pages, [8] pages of plates) : illustrations
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Notes
Published in the US by St. Martin's Press.
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Summary
The first critical analysis of the Titanic as modern myth, this book focuses on the second of the two Titanics. The first was the physical Titanic, the rusting remains of which can still be found twelve thousand feet below the north Atlantic. The second is the mythical Titanic which emerged just as its tangible predecessor slipped from view on 15 April 1912. It is the second of the two Titanics which remains the more interesting and which continues to carry cultural resonances today. The Myth of the Titanic begins with the launching of the 'unsinkable ship' and ends with the outbreak of the 'war to end all wars'. It provides an insight into the particular culture of late Edwardian Britain and beyond this draws far greater conclusions about the complex relationship between myth, history, popular culture and society as a whole.
Variant and related titles
Palgrave social & cultural studies collection 2000-2002.
Other formats
Print version: Howells, Richard. Myth of the Titanic. Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1999
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 19, 2018
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-204) and index.
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Plates
Introduction
A Brief History of the Titanic
Myth and the Titanic
'Women and Children First!'
'We Shall Die Like Gentlemen.'
'Be British!'
'Nearer, my God, to Thee.'
'The Unsinkable Ship'
Conclusion
Bibliography.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Electronic books.
History.
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