The Myth of the Titanic
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The Myth of the Titanic

  1. English
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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Myth of the Titanic

About this book

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.

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Yes, you can access The Myth of the Titanic by R. Howells in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & British History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. List of Plates
  5. Introduction
  6. 1 A Brief History of the Titanic
  7. 2 Myth and the Titanic
  8. 3 ‘Women and Children First!’
  9. 4 ‘We Shall Die Like Gentlemen’
  10. 5 ‘Be British!’
  11. 6 ‘Nearer, My God, to Thee’
  12. 7 ‘The Unsinkable Ship’
  13. Conclusion
  14. Notes
  15. Bibliography and Sources
  16. Index