Essays on Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead

Herausgeber: Mayhew, Robert

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Produktbeschreibung

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 The essays make extensive use of previously unpublished material from the Ayn Rand Archives, offering a new collection of material to explore and consider.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 591g
• ISBN-13: 9780739115787
• ISBN-10: 0739115782
• Artikelnr.: 21218864

Autorenporträt

Robert Mayhew is professor of philosophy at Seton Hall University.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 The History of The Fountainhead Chapter 2 The Fountainhead from
Notebook to Novel: The Composition of Ayn Rand's First Projection of the
Ideal Man Chapter 3 Howard Roark and Frank Lloyd Wright Chapter 4
Publishing The Fountainhead Chapter 5 The Fountainhead Reviews Chapter 6
Adapting The Fountainhead to Film Part 7 The Fountainhead as Literature and
as Philosophy Chapter 8 The Fountainhead as a Romantic Novel Chapter 9 What
Might Be and Ought to Be: Aristotle's Poetics and The Fountainhead Chapter
10 Three Inspirations for the Ideal Man: Cyrus Paltons, Enjolras, and
Cyrano de Bergerac Chapter 11 Understanding the "Rape" Scene in The
Fountainhead Chapter 12 Humor in The Fountainhead Chapter 13 The
Fountainhead and the Spirit of Youth Chapter 14 The Basic Motivation of the
Creators and the Masses in ,The Fountainhead Chapter 15 Independence in The
Fountainhead Chapter 16 Roark's Integrity Chapter 17 A Moral Dynamiting
Chapter 18 Epilogue Chapter 19 An Interview with Leonard Peikoff