02739nam 2200469Ia 450 991078992720332120200520144314.01-280-66640-497866136433390-7391-4971-7(CKB)2670000000174101(EBL)886805(OCoLC)822017469(MiAaPQ)EBC886805(Au-PeEL)EBL886805(CaPaEBR)ebr10547231(CaONFJC)MIL364333(EXLCZ)99267000000017410120111223d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||Essays on Ayn Rand's We the living[electronic resource] /edited by Robert Mayhew2nd ed.Lanham, Md. Lexington Booksc20121 online resource (440 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-4970-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Pawn13 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 ContributorsThis 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 reception during America's "Red Decade"; its connection to Victor Hugo (Rand's favorite novelist); and, the philosophy of freedom and the sanctity of life which it portrays and defends.Soviet UnionHistoryRevolution, 1917-1921Literature and the revolutionSoviet UnionHistory813.52Mayhew Robert326431MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789927203321Essays on Ayn Rand's We the living3824140UNINA