Titanica by Steven Biel

Titanica by Steven Biel

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Summary

In the ninety years since the Titanic sank, countless sermons and editorials, poems, songs and ads, socialists and chauvinists, Christians, reformers, anarchists, and pitchmen have drawn on the power of the century's worst disaster to move their audience.

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Titanica by Steven Biel

Now Steven Biel, author of the acclaimed Down with the Old Canoe, has gathered some of the most telling of our culture's responses to this unparalleled tragedy, creating an invaluable sourcebook for anyone who wants to discover first-hand what people made of it, both then and now. Biel is today's best-known authority on the place of the Titanic in American culture, and this book's unique appeal--inviting both the generally curious reader to browse its pages, and rewarding Titanic buffs with many authentic gems--makes it a standout in the Titanic literature.
Steven Biel is the executive director of the Mahindra Humanities Center and a senior lecturer on history and literature at Harvard University.
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ISBN 13 9780393318739
ISBN 10 0393318737
Title Titanica
Author Steven Biel
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Year published 1998-09-23
Number of pages 204
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.