LEADER 02739nam 2200469Ia 450 001 9910789927203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-66640-4 010 $a9786613643339 010 $a0-7391-4971-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000174101 035 $a(EBL)886805 035 $a(OCoLC)822017469 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC886805 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL886805 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10547231 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL364333 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000174101 100 $a20111223d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 00$aEssays on Ayn Rand's We the living$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Robert Mayhew 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aLanham, Md. $cLexington Books$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (440 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7391-4970-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $a13 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 330 $aThis 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. 607 $aSoviet Union$xHistory$yRevolution, 1917-1921$xLiterature and the revolution 607 $aSoviet Union$xHistory 676 $a813.52 701 $aMayhew$b Robert$0326431 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789927203321 996 $aEssays on Ayn Rand's We the living$93824140 997 $aUNINA