Originally the author's thesis (doctoral)--Princeton University, 2007. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Afterword : the persistence of failure : Chris Ware's graphic narratives and the afterlife of modernism. 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.
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