The Titanic in myth and memory : representations in visual and literary culture / edited by Tim Bergfelder & Sarah Street.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bergfelder, Tim.

Street, Sarah.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Titanic (Steamship).

Shipwrecks in art.

Shipwrecks in literature.

Motion pictures--History.

Motion pictures.

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 241 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2004.

Summary:

Since its doomed maiden voyage in April 1912, the Titanic has become a monumental icon of the twentieth century and has inspired a wealth of interpretations across literature, art and media. This book is the first to present a fully comprehensive discussion of the diverse representations of the Titanic disaster in cinema, history, literature and art. The distinguished contributors draw out the connections as well as the differences in the way generations of artists and audiences have approached and used the tragedy and present an in-depth examination of its most recent interpretation, James Cameron's blockbuster film "Titanic." The book is both a valuable comparative text for media studies courses and a good read for the broad Titanic market.

ISBN:

185043431X

1850434328

OCLC:

53963037