Titanica: The Disaster of the Century in Poetry, Song, and Prose [Paperback]

Steven Biel (Editor)

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Publication Date: August 17, 1998

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.

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. 100 color illustrations

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The Titanic by Katharine Lee Bates
Redeemed! by Bentztown Bard [pseud.]
Titanic's Knell: A Satire On Speed (sel.) by Henry Brenner
Fair Play by M. L. Clawson
Fate's Comedy by Thomas Doolan
The Convergence Of The Twain; Lines On Loss Of The Titanic by Thomas Hardy
The Titanic by George A. Hill
The Titanic by Huddie Ledbetter
The Titanic by M. C. Lehr
Enough Said by Clark Mcadams
The Titanic Disaster Poem (sel.) by J. H. Mckenzie
A Requiem by Harriet Monroe
Just Whisper The Message by Thomas H. Mulvey
The Titanic by Corinne Roosevelt Robinson
The Wreck Of The Titanic, Or The Watery Grave (sel.) by Solomon Smulewitz
Wreck Of The Titanic by Reginald M. Tewksbury
Our Sea Heroes by E. J. Thibaut
The Harvest Of The Sea by Charles Hanson Towne
Down With The Old Canoe by Anonymous
God Moves On The Water by Anonymous
The Great Titanic by Anonymous
The Titanic by Anonymous
Titanic Toast by Anonymous
O Sea! by Lucian B. Watkins
The Titanic by Brand Whitlock
Hardy, Thomas by H. Rea Woodman
In Memoriam: The Titanic Disaster (sel.) by H. Rea Woodman
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

About the Author

Steven Biel is the executive director of the Mahindra Humanities Center and a senior lecturer on history and literature at Harvard University.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 1st edition (August 17, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0393318737
• ISBN-13: 978-0393318739
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #495,429 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Companion Book to Down With The Old Canoe, June 21, 2000

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This review is from: Titanica: The Disaster of the Century in Poetry, Song, and Prose (Paperback)

If you've read Steven Biel's Down With The Old Canoe: A Cultural History of the Titanic Disaster, then you will be prepared for Titanica. It expounds on the articles and references in the previous book, including everything from a early articles from Mother Jones, to a version of the Shine taost, to commentary about the disaster from Joseph Conrad, George Bernard Shaw and Arthus Conan Doyle. The only missing items would be a lack of a more complete table of contents, and an index.