Spanos, William V.

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.

Open Access

9781611684636 1611684633




Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court.


National characteristics, American, in literature.


Electronic books.

PS1308 / .S63 2013

813/.4