Pursues the hypothesis that fictional literature has been instrumental in the development and dissemination of European anti-Americanism from the early 1800s to today. Focusing on Britain, France and Germany, it offers analyses of a range of canonical literary works in which resentful hostility towards the United States is a predominant feature.

Autorentext
JESPER GULDDAL Senior Lecturer in English in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Newcastle, UK.

Inhalt
The Invention of Anti-Americanism Ambiguous America Anti-American Futurology Before the Tribunal A Hyperpower Gone Mad