The Idea of Failure In Henry Adams, Charles Sanders Peirce, and Mark Twain

Author

Robert M. Bunker

Publication Date

5-26-1955

Abstract

Mark Twain, Henry Adams, and Charles Sanders Peirce, three great Americans of the Gilded Age, described themselves as grotesque failures. These pages have been written in the hope to make clear what they meant by success: the communication of their failure.

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

American Studies

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

American Studies

First Committee Member (Chair)

Ernest Warnock Tedlock Jr.

Second Committee Member

Charles Burnet Judah

Third Committee Member

George Winston Smith

Recommended Citation

Bunker, Robert M.. "The Idea of Failure In Henry Adams, Charles Sanders Peirce, and Mark Twain." (1955). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/amst_etds/67