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Autore |
Mayhew Robert |
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Titolo |
Essays on Ayn Rand's ""We the Living"" [[electronic resource]] |
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Lanham, : Lexington Books, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-66640-4 |
9786613643339 |
0-7391-4971-7 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (440 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Rand, Ayn |
Soviet Union - History - Revolution, 1917-1921 |
Soviet Union - History - Revolution, 1917-1921 - Literature and the revolution |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgments; Bibliographical Note; I: The History of We the Living; 1 From Airtight to We the Living; 2 Parallel Lives; 3 We the Living and the Rosenbaum Family Letters; 4 The Education of Kira Argounova and Leo Kovalensky; 5 Russian Revolutionary Ideology and We the Living; 6 The Music of We the Living; 7 Publishing We the Living; 8 Reviews of We the Living; 9 Adapting We the Living; 10 We the Living: '36 & '59; II: We the Living as Literature and as Philosophy; 11 We the Living and Victor Hugo; 12 Red Pawn |
13 The Integration of Plot and Theme in We the Living14 The Sacred in We the Living; 15 The Plight of Leo Kovalensky; 16 Kira's Family; 17 Kira Argounova Laughed; 18 Forbidding Life to Those Still Living; 19 The Death Premise in We the Living and Atlas Shrugged; Epilogue; Select Bibliography; Index; About the Contributors |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This is the second edition of the study of Ayn Rand's first novel, We the Living, which is set in Soviet Russia, and was written in 1936, ten years after she left the U.S.S.R. Topics explored include: the fascinating history behind the novel's creation; its autobiographical nature; its |
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