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Essays on Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged
While the fiction of novelist-philosopher Ayn Rand is extremely popular and enduring, little has been written on it so far. This book consists of essays, most of which are new, by top Rand scholars on Atlas Shrugged, her magnum opus. The essays deal with historical, literary, and philosophical topics, surpassing related writings in breadth and depth of analysis. The histor...more
Paperback, 516 pages
Published
April 28th 2009
by Lexington Books
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Why am I reading so much fiction these days? (See my recent blogs.) In order to take a breather from THIS scholarly tome. It’s not that I’m suffocating. It’s that such in-depth analysis of a such a meticulously hewn, crafted, carved, and sculpted literary work as Atlas Shrugged takes my breath away. I read some of this nearly every day but I have to come up for air. (I’ve read the first essay chapter-by-chapter theme discussion twice so far.)
I’ve read the 1,000 page Shrugged twice, and...more
I’ve read the 1,000 page Shrugged twice, and...more
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