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Myth of the Titanic
Richard Howells
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Hardback. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBT; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
Number of Pages
213
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312221485
SKU
V9780312221485
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99-15
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