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 (241 pages). - Re-Mapping the Transnational : A Dartmouth Series in American Studies . - Re-mapping the transnational. .

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.

9781611684636 (e-book)


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


National characteristics, American, in literature.


Electronic books.

PS1308 / .S63 2013eb

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