False starts : the rhetoric of failure and the making of American modernism - Ball, David M., 1976- (Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2014)
The rhetoric of failure and the case study of F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The prestige of failure : modern sentiments in Susan Warner and Herman Melville -- The economies of failure : the culture of antisemitism in Henry Adams and Edith Wharton -- The inscription of failure : signifying documents in William Faulkner and Ralph Ellison -- Afterword : the persistence of failure : Chris Ware's graphic narratives and the afterlife of modernism.
Originally the author's thesis (doctoral)--Princeton University, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: Modernism (Literature) -- United States; Failure (Psychology) in literature; American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Modernisme (Littérature) -- États-Unis.; Échec dans la littérature.; Roman américain -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique; Roman américain -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique; LITERARY CRITICISM -- General; American fiction; Failure (Psychology) in literature; Modernism (Literature); United States; Languages & Literatures; American Literature; English; 1800-1999; Criticism, interpretation, etc