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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.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Hanover, New Hampshire : Dartmouth College Press, [2013]
Descriptionxviii, 222 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Re-mapping the transnational: a Dartmouth series in American studies
Re-mapping the transnational. ^A1129641
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.
LCCN 2013009697
ISBN9781611684612 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1611684617 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9781611684629 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1611684625 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1611684633 (ebook)
ISBN9781611684636 (ebook)
ISBN9781299850958 (MyiLibrary)
ISBN1299850952 (MyiLibrary)
Standard identifier# 40022804135

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Joyner General Stacks PS1308 .S63 2013 ✔ Available Place Hold