Essays on Ayn Rand's "We the Living"

Robert Mayhew is professor of philosophy at Seton Hall University.

• 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.