Essays on Ayn Rand's "We the Living"

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Ayn Rand remains a truly significant figure of modern philosophy. Her unique vision of a world in which man, relying on reason, acts wholly for his own good is skillfully developed and illustrated in her most famous novels, Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. But Rand's first novel, We the Living, a lesser-known but no less important book, offers an early form of the author's nascent philosophy—the philosophy Rand later called Objectivism.In the second edition, Robert Mayhew once again brings together pre-eminent scholars of Rand's writing. The edition includes three new chapters, as well as an epilogue by renowned Rand-scholar Leonard Peikoff. In part a history of We the Living, from its earliest drafts to the Italian film later based upon it, Mayhew's collection goes on to explore the enduring significance of Rand's first novel as a work both of philosophy and of literature. For Ayn Rand scholars and fans alike, this enhanced second edition is a compelling examination of a novel that set the tone for some of the most influential philosophical literature to follow.

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Utgivningsdatum2012-02-17
Mått152 x 229 x 24 mm
Vikt581 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor438
Upplaga2
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780739149706

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PrefaceAcknowledgmentsBibliographical NotePart 1: The History of We the LivingChapter 1: From Airtight to We the Living: The Drafts of Ayn Rand’s First Novelby Shoshana Milgram Chapter 2: Parallel Lives: Models and Inspirations for Characters in We the Livingby Scott McConnell Chapter 3: We the Living and the Rosenbaum Family Lettersby Dina Schein Federman Chapter 4: The Education of Kira Argounova and Leo Kovalensky by Shoshana MilgramChapter 5: Russian Revolutionary Ideology and We the Livingby John Ridpath Chapter 6: The Music of We the Livingby Michael S. Berliner Chapter 7: Publishing We the Livingby Richard E. Ralston Chapter 8: Reviews of We the Livingby Michael S. Berliner Chapter 9: Adapting We the Livingby Jeff Britting Chapter 10: We the Living: ‘36 and ‘59by Robert Mayhew Part 2: We the Living as Literature and as Philosophy Chapter 11: We the Living and Victor Hugo: Ayn Rand’s First Novel and the Novelist She Ranked Firstby Shoshana Milgram Ch

With his edited collections of essays on Ayn Rand’s novels, Professor Mayhew has set a new standard for scholarship on these important and works, which have too often been ignored by academia. Essays on Ayn Rand’s We the Living was the first of these groundbreaking collections, and the second edition adds to what was already an illuminating volume several new essays that exemplify the increasing sophistication that this series has contributed to our understanding of Rand as a novelist and philosopher.