Essays on Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged

Herausgeber: Mayhew, Robert

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the first scholarly study of Atlas Shrugged, covering in detail the historical, literary, and philosophical aspects of Ayn Rand's magnum opus. Topics explored in depth include the history behind the novel's creation, publication, and reception; its nature as a romantic novel; and its presentation of a radical new philosophy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 534
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 858g
• ISBN-13: 9780739127803
• ISBN-10: 0739127802
• Artikelnr.: 25905889

Autorenporträt

Robert Mayhew is professor of philosophy at Seton Hall University. His authored books include Ayn Rand and Song of Russia: Communism and Anti-Communism in 1940s Hollywood, The Female in Aristotle's Biology: Reason or Rationalization, and Aristotle's Critique of Plato's Republic; his edited collections include Essays on Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead and Ayn Rand Answers: The Best of her Q&A.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Preface
Chapter 2 Chapter 1. The Part and Chapter Headings of Atlas Shrugged
Chapter 3 Chapter 2. Who Was John Galt? The Creation of Ayn Rand's Ultimate
Ideal Man
Chapter 4 Chapter 3. The Spirit of Francisco d'Anconia: The Development of
His Characterization
Chapter 5 Chapter 4. A Note on Francisco's Ancestry
Chapter 6 Chapter 5. Working for Ayn Rand: Selections from Facets of Ayn
Rand
Chapter 7 Chapter 6 Publishing Atlas Shrugged
Chapter 8 Chapter 7. The Atlas Shrugged Reviews
Chapter 9 Chapter 8. Reply to Whittaker Chambers
Chapter 10 Chapter 9. Atlas Shrugged and the Metaphysics of Values
Chapter 11 Chapter 10. Atlas Shrugged as the Culmination of the Romantic
Novel
Chapter 12 Chapter 11. A Tale of Two Novels
Chapter 13 Chapter 12. Adapting Atlas Shrugged to Film
Chapter 14 Chapter 13. Atlas Shrugged on the Role of the Mind in Man's
Existence
Chapter 15 Chapter 14. Ayn Rand's Ethics: From The Fountainhead to Atlas
Shrugged
Chapter 16 Chapter 15. No Tributes to Caesar: Good or Evil in Atlas
Shrugged
Chapter 17 Chapter 16. The Businessmen's Crucial Role: Material Men of the
Mind
Chapter 18 Chapter 17. The Traits of Business Heroes in Atlas Shrugged
Chapter 19 Chapter 18. "Humanity's Darkest Evil": The Lethal
Destructiveness of Non-Objective Law
Chapter 20 Chapter 19. The Role of Galt's Speech in Atlas Shrugged
Chapter 21 Chapter 20. Galt's Speech in Five Sentences (and Forty
Questions)
Chapter 22 Chapter 21. Discovering Atlantis: Atlas Shrugged's Demonstration
of a New Moral Philosophy
Chapter 23 Chapter 22. A Note on Dagny's "Final Choice"