Shock and Awe American Exceptionalism and the Imperatives of the Spectacle in Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court /
William V. Spanos.
- 1 online resource (pages cm.)
- Re-Mapping the Transnational: A Dartmouth Series in American Studies .
- Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
American exceptionalism: a genealogy -- A Connecticut Yankee as American Jeremiad: the historical context -- Americanist criticism of A Connecticut Yankee: a critical history -- Staging the spectacle: a contrapuntal reading of A Connecticut Yankee -- A Connecticut Yankee and America's "war on terror": thinking the spectacle.
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court.
National characteristics, American, in literature.