Essays on Ayn Rand's We the Living

Robert Mayhew is associate professor of philosophy at Seton Hall University. He is the author of several books and the editor of The Art of Nonfiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers, by Ayn Rand (2001).

• Part 1 Part 1: The History of We the LivingChapter 2 From Airtight to We the Living: The Drafts of Ayn Rand's First NovelChapter 3 Parallel Lives: Models and Inspirations for Characters in We the LivingChapter 4 We the Living and the Rosenbaum Family LettersChapter 5 Russian Revolutionary Ideology and We the LivingChapter 6 The Music of We the LivingChapter 7 Publishing We the LivingChapter 8 Reviews ofWe the LivingChapter 9 Adapting We the LivingChapter 10 We the Living: '36 & '59Part 11 Part 2:We the Living as Literature and as PhilosophyChapter 12 We the Living and Victor Hugo: Ayn Rand's First Novel and the Novelist She Ranked FirstChapter 13 Red Pawn: Ayn Rand's Other Story of Soviet RussiaChapter 14 The Integration of Plot and Theme in We the LivingChapter 15 Kira's FamilyChapter 16 Kira Argounova Laughed: Humor and Joy in We the LivingChapter 17 Forbidding Life to Those Still LivingChapter 18 The Death Premise in We the Living and Atlas ShruggedChapter 19 Selected Bibliography

This is a truly engaging collection of essays that provide valuable philosophic and literary insight—as well as fascinating details about the publishing history and the music—of Ayn Rand's first full novel, We the Living.