Autobiography and Questions of Gender vs Emerson: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: American prose literature, American literature
Autobiography and Questions of Gender
Originally published in 1991. Addressing the ways in which the ideology of gender and its social construction determine autobiographical self-representations, the essays here consider several women’s works in the light…
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Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson is one of the preeminent figures of the American literature. The leading expositor of the transcendentalist movement, he helped shape modern American Philosophy and religion, and his legacy continued…
The verdict
- Autobiography and Questions of Gender is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 7 for Emerson.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Autobiography and Questions of Gender | Emerson | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.4 (267) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.9 (7) |
| Apple Books | — | 3.0 (10) |
Reception
| Autobiography and Questions of Gender | Emerson | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | — | 267 |
| Editions | 6 | 16 |
| Citations | 24 | — |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 911 |
| Reading it now | — | 1386 |
| Written reviews | — | 8 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 634 |
| Pages | 217 | 380 |