SOURCE: “Anti-Romantic Romanticism: Edward Sapir and the Critique of American Individualism,” in Anthropology Quarterly, Vol. 62, No. 1, January, 1989, pp. 1-13.
In the following essay, Handler explores Sapir's criticism of romanticism and his equation of romanticism with what he considered the excessive and egotistical elements of American individualism.
This is a free excerpt of 48 words. There are 10,475 words (approx.
35 pages at 300 words per page) in the full critical essay.
Read the rest of this Criticism with our Edward Sapir: Critical Essay by Richard Handler Access Pass.