Canto a Mi Mismo vs Letters of Wallace Stevens: Which Should You Read?

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Canto a Mi Mismo Walt Whitman · 1904 ★★★★☆ 3.8 127 pages · ≈ 2 h 21 m · Demanding

"This book offers the most comprehensive and detailed reading to date of Song of Myself. One of the most distinguished critics in Whitman Studies, Ed Folsom, and one of the nation's most prominent writers and literary…

Poesia Textual Criticism American Poetry

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Letters of Wallace Stevens Wallace Stevens · 1966 ★★★★☆ 4.2 890 pages · ≈ 16 h 29 m · Moderate

Long unavailable, now in paperback for the first time, these are the brilliant, subtle, illuminating letters of one of the great poets of the twentieth century. Wallace Stevens's famous criterion for poetry - "It should…

Poets Correspondence

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The verdict

Readers rate Letters of Wallace Stevens highest: Letters of Wallace Stevens 4.2 · Canto a Mi Mismo 3.8.
Canto a Mi Mismo is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 16 for Letters of Wallace Stevens.
Letters of Wallace Stevens has the widest readership — 98 ratings behind its score.

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How to choose

Want a one-evening read? Canto a Mi Mismo ≈ 2h vs 16h for Letters of Wallace Stevens New to the genre? Letters of Wallace Stevens Moderate vs Demanding for Canto a Mi Mismo

Scores by source

	Canto a Mi Mismo	Letters of Wallace Stevens
Goodreads	3.8 (17)	4.3 (98)
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Reception

	Canto a Mi Mismo	Letters of Wallace Stevens
Ratings	17	98
Editions	59	8
Citations	4	—
Want to read	16	196
Reading it now	4	6
Written reviews	2	3
Pages	127	890
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Questions readers ask

Which is rated higher: Canto a Mi Mismo or Letters of Wallace Stevens?

Letters of Wallace Stevens has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Letters of Wallace Stevens 4.2/5, Canto a Mi Mismo 3.8/5).

Which is shorter to read: Canto a Mi Mismo or Letters of Wallace Stevens?

Canto a Mi Mismo is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Canto a Mi Mismo (127 pages, ≈ 2 h 21 m); Letters of Wallace Stevens (890 pages, ≈ 16 h 29 m).

Which is harder to read: Canto a Mi Mismo or Letters of Wallace Stevens?

Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Canto a Mi Mismo: Demanding; Letters of Wallace Stevens: Moderate.