The Titanic in Myth and Memory - Representations in Visual and Literary Culture

Informationen zum Autor Tim Bergfelder is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Southampton. Sarah Street is Professor of Film at the University of Bristol. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung This book offers a comprehensive discussion of the diverse representations of the connections and differences in the way generations of artists and audiences have approached and used the tragedy. In the final section is an in-depth study of James Cameron's blockbuster film "Titanic".

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• Authors: Tim Bergfelder, Tim (University of Southampton Bergfelder, Tim Street Bergfelder, Sarah Street, Sarah (University of Bristol Street, Sarah (University of Bristol) Street
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.08.2004
• EAN: 9781850434313
• ISBN: 978-1-85043-431-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries