Key Points
- The article frames the Titanic as a symbol of modernity’s unresolved grief over technological overreach, termed "cultural melancholia".
- Freud’s theories of mourning and melancholia are employed to explore the cultural response to the disaster.
- Critiques the simultaneous idolization and critique of technological progress following the Titanic’s sinking.
- Examines how the disaster was linked to broader narratives of national pride and imperialist imagery.
- Discusses the Titanic’s enduring cultural symbolism, from early 20th-century responses to its representation in films like James Cameron’s Titanic.
Citation:
Troy Boone (2003) The Titanic Century: Mourning and Modernity, Interdisciplinary Literary Studies, Vol. 5, No. 1, Penn State University Press
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