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.

Author/creator Spanos, William V.
Other author Project Muse.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoHanover, New Hampshire : Dartmouth College Press, 2013. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Description1 online resource (pages cm).
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SeriesRe-Mapping the Transnational: A Dartmouth Series in American Studies
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Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionDescription based on print version record.
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013009697
ISBN9781611684636
ISBN1611684633