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    <body><![CDATA[Full disclosure -- I read a lot of Ayn Rand when I was about sixteen or seventeen.  It's appealing at around that age.  Now I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole!  I'm giving it three stars (rather than one) for how I (apparently) felt about it back then. <br/><br/>The same applies to Thomas Wolfe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4073257">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[With this one, Rand really jumped the shark for me.  <br/><br/>I was willing to try her philosophical essays in The Virtue of Selfishness, and I read a couple of her novels as well.  But, the zealous condemning of whole branches of art and literature, because it didn't fit with her idea of what ar...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73644949">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[For anyone who's never understood so-called modern art and thinks art critics in general are idiots, this book generally supports that conclusion and gives lots of reasons why modern art really isn't art at all. In many places this book serves as a platform for Rand to espouse her personal tastes th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68497332">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book by novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand, (author of &quot;Atlas Shrugged&quot; and &quot;The Fountainhead&quot;) is the definitive resource for understanding and analyzing all art forms: literature, painting, sculpture, film, and all the performing arts.  These principles form the esthetic br...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78029853">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ayn may have the most rational philosophical basis of thought to ever grace mankind. Her perspective on psycho-epistemology opens worlds of understanding the judgment and action of man. <br/>As I read The Romantic Manifesto all I can think is- &quot;there is no convincing enough argument to promote...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39795000">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is a joke in philosophical circles. Rand tries to make all her likes and dislikes in art and media &quot;objectively good&quot; by saying its life affirming in some way. She fails to establish this with an argument of any kind and while I agree in liking some of her art picks like the roma...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79498960">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Only for die hard Ayn Rand fans.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Romantic Manifesto is a collection of <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/432.Ayn_Rand" title="Ayn Rand">Ayn Rand</a>'s essays and works regarding the state of art for the objectivist man. That said, there is a lot of repeated statements in each statement because it is a collection of her works. At many times it will seem like she is repeating herself. That's becau...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56524801">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[In a word, for me, phenomenal.  A short book on what I love about art, music, and literature, and what I hate about most of the reading, art, and music that people recommend to me.  I do not believe that my life is meant to be full of suffering:  I've done that part already, and I'm watching people ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6680338">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As a lover of art and all things beautiful, I disagree with Rand's argument that art in any form must come from someplace philosophical, and must therefore stir philosophical ideas in those who see it.  I like art for the sake of art, for the sake of beauty, if nothing else.  Yes, an artist may have...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59429997">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An interesting look into Rand's thoughts on how her philosophy is expressed in the arts. It was up and down for me. I saw a lot of sense in her ideas surrounding the literary arts. I'm glad I read the book. The short story in the last chapter was a great way to finish.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A comprehensive look at what makes art art, and how the kinds of art/literature/music, etc one is drawn to is a direct reflection of their inner philosophy. Fantastic.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Romantic Manifesto: A Philosophy of Literature by Ayn Rand (1971)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great ideas about art, philosophy.  Not easy reading, but good.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Rand is so disappointing to read.  She starts with what sounds like rational arguments but ends screaming vitriolic fanaticism that makes little sense.  She's also so in love with herself that she repeats herself <em>ad nauseum</em>, beating her points into thin and flavorless pastes.  Considering the tunnel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28947391">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not a fan of Ayn Rand's brand of capitalism... but this book isn't about that.  Its about the romantic movement in Art, what it is really about.  She convinced me that its pretty cool.  Also was the reason why I read Les Mis, which she argues is the greatest romantic novel ever written.<br/><br/>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The purpose of art it to portray the artist's &quot;sense of life.&quot;  Those individuals who share that sense of life will find the work accessible.  This explains both the creative process and the appreciation of art.  ]]></body>
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