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The Myth of the Titanic

The Myth of the Titanic
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In this scholarly and heavily documented study, Howells (communications, Univ. of Leeds) proposes that the sinking of the Titanic was ''an event whose mythical significance has eclipsed its historical importance.'' His work, in typical dissertation style, proceeds with an almost painful thoroughness from historical background to examination of the relationship between myth and history to close analyses of the popular texts, beliefs, and cultural assumptions from which the Titanic myth has evolved. The primary focus of these analyses is on materials generated in British popular culture from 1912 to 1914. Howells concludes that the story of the Titanic disaster, like earlier tales of hubris and nemesis, mergesAin the interests of cultural rather than historical truthAactual and imaginary experience as a means of constructing not only ''triumph out of tragedy'' but also ''order out of an arbitrary world.''
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.; March 1999
226 pages; ISBN 9780230510845
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