The Book Prize Index

Emerson

Lawrence Buell

Examining the long shadow cast by Emerson, and his role and significance as a truly American institution, Buell conveys both the style and substance of Emerson’s accomplishment—in his conception of America as the transplantation of Englishness into the new world, and in his prodigious work as writer, religious thinker, and philosopher.

BiographyBiography · medium confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> BiographyLabor, Work & OrganizingLiterature & WritersReligion & Religious MovementsRegional & Local History

Award History

1 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Phi Beta Kappa Book Awards: Christian Gauss Award2004WinnerOfficial source
PROSE Award for Biography and Autobiography2003Honorable mentionOfficial source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Emerson90%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    Emerson is presented as a central American institution whose accomplishment shaped a conception of America as the transplantation of Englishness into the new world, through his work as writer and religious thinker.

    Model confidence 62%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    70 / 100 academic

    Academic

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 78%.