The Ayn Rand reader
Ayn Rand & Leonard Peikoff & Gary Hull
Language: English
Anthologies; Essays; Letters & Miscellaneous Dutch Essays Fiction General History & Surveys History & Surveys - Modern Literary Literary Collections Literary Criticism Literary essays Literary studies: fiction; novelists & prose writers Literary studies: from c 1900 - Literature: Classics Modern Novels; other prose & writers: from c 1900 - Other prose: from c 1900 - Philosophy Rand; Ayn; 1905-1982 USA Western philosophy; from c 1900 - Women authors
Publisher: Plume
Published: Jan 1, 1999
Description:
SUMMARY: The Fountainhead, which became one of the most influential and widely read philosophical novels of the twentieth century, made Ayn Rand famous. An impassioned proponent of rational self-interest, individualism, and laissez-faire capitalism, she expressed her unique views in numerous works of fiction and non-fiction that have been brought together for the first time in this one-of-a-kind volume. The Fountainhead, which became one of the most influential and widely read philosophical novels of the twentieth century, made Ayn Rand famous. An impassioned proponent of reason, rational self-interest, individualism, and laissez-faire capitalism, she expressed her unique views in numerous works of fiction and non-fiction that have been brought together for the first time in this one-of-a-kind volume. Containing excerpts from all her novels--including Atlas Shrugged, Anthem, and We The Living--The Ayn Rand Reader is a perfect introduction for those who have never read Rand, and provides teachers with an excellent guide to the basics of her viewpoint.