Failure and the American Writer: A Literary History

by Gavin Jones

Book Overview

If America worships success, then why has the nation's literature dwelled obsessively on failure? This book explores encounters with failure by nineteenth-century writers - ranging from Edgar Allan... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107662176
• ISBN13: 9781107662179
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 211 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"