Emersonian

The sermon is in no sense "Emersonian" except in its directness, its sweet temper, and outspoken honesty.

Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

"If the force of Emerson's character was thus inextricably blended with the force of all his faculties of intellect and imagination, and the refinement of all his sentiments, we have still to account for the peculiarities of his genius, and to answer the question, why do we instinctively apply the epithet 'Emersonian' to every characteristic passage in his writings?

Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson 1842

The Performing Self, The Renewal of Literature: Emersonian Reflections, and Poetry and Pragmatism are not far behind in their substantive contributions to an understanding of what is unique about American literature.

RIP 2009

The Performing Self, The Renewal of Literature: Emersonian Reflections, and Poetry and Pragmatism are not far behind in their substantive contributions to an understanding of what is unique about American literature.

September 2009 2009

But before that kind of cultural, subversive, Emersonian infiltration happens in this century, there's still the weird American poetry culture to confront as it relates both to itself and to larger demographic trends.

Why Aren't Poets More Politically Active? 2010

But before that kind of cultural, subversive, Emersonian infiltration happens in this century, there's still the weird American poetry culture to confront as it relates both to itself and to larger demographic trends.

Why Aren't Poets More Politically Active? 2010

Most certainly, overambition was a near epidemic among the American writers who grew up in the shadow of the absurdly competitive Ernest Hemingway, but you still see traces among more contemporary authors — look at Union Atlantic, the new novel by Adam Haslett, who has tried to cram a bank collapse, the first Gulf War, and a good dose of Emersonian thought between the covers of one book.

Is the Great American Novel Destroying Novelists? 2010

It has been stock ad messaging for automakers to invite us to imagine that when we buy one of their vehicles we buy an explorer's lifestyle -- not exactly one of Emersonian retreats but at least of more getaways with the family -- as the dad in one Toyota Sequoia ad put it, to venture "out into nature and make sure we expose ourselves and our children to, um, oxygen."

Catherine Lutz: From Upstream to Downtown: Car Ads Head to the City 2010

Some in work clothes, some in traditional robes, they all glow with calmly Emersonian self-reliance.

Ghana Speaking (II): Village Living in Kwabeng 2010

When he reads his six compact lines on "Falls, Bristol, VT," you'll see the poet playing waterfall, having fun with his Emersonian "self."

Christopher Lydon: Poet-Critic Dan Chiasson, the Natural (AUDIO) 2010