Part 1 Part 1: The History of We the Living Chapter 2 From Airtight to We the Living: The Drafts of Ayn Rand's First Novel Chapter 3 Parallel Lives: Models and Inspirations for Characters in We the Living Chapter 4 We the Living and the Rosenbaum Family Letters Chapter 5 Russian Revolutionary Ideology and We the Living Chapter 6 The Music of We the Living Chapter 7 Publishing We the Living Chapter 8 Reviews ofWe the Living Chapter 9 Adapting We the Living Chapter 10 We the Living: '36 & '59 Part 11 Part 2:We the Living as Literature and as Philosophy Chapter 12 We the Living and Victor Hugo: Ayn Rand's First Novel and the Novelist She Ranked First Chapter 13 Red Pawn: Ayn Rand's Other Story of Soviet Russia Chapter 14 The Integration of Plot and Theme in We the Living Chapter 15 Kira's Family Chapter 16 Kira Argounova Laughed: Humor and Joy in We the Living Chapter 17 Forbidding Life to Those Still Living Chapter 18 The Death Premise in We the Living and Atlas Shrugged Chapter 19 Selected Bibliography
Robert Mayhew is associate professor of philosophy at Seton Hall University. He is the author of several books and the editor of The Art of Nonfiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers, by Ayn Rand (2001).
This is a truly engaging collection of essays that provide valuable
philosophic and literary insight—as well as fascinating details
about the publishing history and the music—of Ayn Rand's first full
novel, We the Living.
*Dr. Gary Hull, Director of the Program on Values and Ethics in the
Marketplace at Duke University*
A study of this kind is long overdue. Robert Mayhew has
demonstrated an impressive vision in assembling a collection of
this kind. One learns fascinating details about Ayn Rand’s life,
her extraordinary care with her craft, and the critical reception
of her first novel. Mayhew also sheds important light on her
philosophy as it developed in the 1930s and beyond.
*Darryl Wright, Harvey Mudd College*
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