A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | Essays and Criticism

  • Mordern Readers

    Kelly is an instructor of literature and creative writing at two schools in Illinois. In this essay, Kelly examines how the character of Hank Morgan makes Twain’s story difficult for modern readers.

  • Just War, Pure and Simple

    In the following essay, Dalrymple explores how Twain’s immersion in the events of the U.S. Civil War at the time of his writing A Connecticut Yankee influenced characterization and events in the novel.

  • The Reality of the Dream

    In the following essay, Berkove contends that A Connecticut Yankee is “a successfully united novel of tragic vision—specifically a vision of universal damnation.”