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A More Virtuous Empire: The Ideology of Manifest Destiny in American Literature and Film
<p>This dissertation examines the historical origins of the ideology of Manifest Destiny and the effects of its transmission into American literature and film. I argue that though eruptions of Manifest Destiny repeat the idea of American exceptionalism, the semi-autonomous nature of the work of art …