The Romantic Manifesto: A Philosophy of Literature; Revised Edition [Paperback]

In this beautifully written and brilliantly reasoned book,Ayn Randthrows a new light on the nature of art and its purpose in human life. Once again Miss Rand eloquently demonstrates her refusal to let popular catchwords and conventional ideas stand between her and the truth as she has discovered it.The Romantic Manifestotakes its place besideThe Fountainheadas one of the most important achievements of our time.Introduction
1. The Psycho-Epistemology of Art
2. Philosophy and Sense of Life
3. Art and Sense of Life
4. Art and Cognition
5. Basic Principles of Literature
6. What Is Romanticism?
7. The Esthetic Vacuum of Our Age
8. Bootleg Romanticism
9. Art and Moral Treason
10. Introduction toNinety-Three
11. The Goal of My Writing
12. The Simplest Thing in the World

Index

Born February 2, 1905,Ayn Randpublished her first novel,We the Living, in 1936.Anthemfollowed in 1938. It was with the publication ofThe Fountainhead(1943) andAtlas Shrugged(1957) that she achieved her spectacular success. Rand’s unique philosophy, Objectivism, has gained a worldwide audience. The fundamentals of her philosophy are put forth in three nonfiction books,Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology,The Virtues of Selfishness, andCapitalism: The Unknown Ideal. They are all available in Signet editions, as is the magnificent statement of her artistic credo,The Romantic Manifesto.US