Essays on Ayn Rand's The FountainheadRobert Mayhew Lexington Books, 2007 - 349 من الصفحات Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead is still remembered and enjoyed today as the philosopher's first best-selling novel. In this unique study of The Fountainhead, Dr. Robert Mayhew brings together historical, literary, and philosophical essays that analyze the novel's style, its use of humor, and its virtues of productivity, independence, and integrity. The essays make extensive use of previously unpublished material from the Ayn Rand Archives, offering a new collection of material to explore and consider. This book leads through the creation, publication, and reception of the 1943 novel that made Rand famous. Mayhew's collection of essays offers an insightful and critical perspective on the much regarded novel, and is a necessary read for anyone interested in Ayn Rand and great American literature. |
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The Fountainhead from Notebook to Novel The Composition of Ayn Rands First Ideal Man | 3 |
Howard Roark and Frank Lloyd Wright | 41 |
Publishing The Fountainhead | 65 |
The Fountainhead Reviews | 77 |
Adapting The Fountainhead to Film | 87 |
THE FOUNTAINHEAD AS LITERATURE AND AS PHILOSOPHY | 117 |
The Fountainhead as a Romantic Novel | 119 |
What Might Be and Ought to Be Aristotles Poetics and The Fountainhead | 155 |
The Fountainhead and the Spirit of Youth | 227 |
The Basic Motivation of the Creators and the Masses in The Fountainhead | 243 |
Unborrowed Vision Independence and Egoism in The Fountainhead | 285 |
Roarks Integrity | 305 |
A Moral Dynamiting | 313 |
An Interview with Leonard Peikoff | 325 |
Select Bibliography | 337 |
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Three Inspirations for the Ideal Man | 177 |
Understanding the Rape Scene in The Fountainhead | 201 |
Humor in The Fountainhead | 209 |
About the Contributors | 347 |
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