A Genre Unto Himself

If you are attracted to a kind of creative writing given over to pondering how life should be led; if you relish virtuoso displays of mental energy and "inspired" thinking that doesn't try to fill in all the blanks; if you find yourself vexed by the spectacle of unused or wasted resources in yourself or others--if such things matter to you, then Emerson's writing probably will too.

~Lawrence Buell, Emerson, 3.