So Who Is John Galt, Anyway?: A Reader's Guide to Ayn Rand's

So Who Is John Galt, Anyway?: A Reader's Guide to Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged"

Ayn Randâ€™s masterwork, Atlas Shrugged, is a rich and complex novel with an intricate plot in which dozens of moving parts mesh together and many minor themes are woven in amongst the novelâ€™s big philosophical issues. This is a guide to the literary, historical, and philosophical significance of Atlas Shrugged, offering deeper insights for those who are new to the novel as well as new observations for longtime fans. Find out, for example, the real-life parallels to characters and events in Atlas Shrugged; how the novelâ€™s plot seems to be opposite from that of Ayn Randâ€™s previous bestseller, The Fountainhead; what Ayn Rand has in common with the epic poets Homer and Hesiod; how Atlas Shrugged is both a historical novel and futuristic work of science fiction; how Ayn Rand was a philosopher in the tradition of the Enlightenment; why Atlas Shrugged is not a political novel; why all an Ayn Rand hero really wants is love; and the question posed in the title: the key to the mysterious figure of John Galt and the meaning of one of the most famous questions in literature, â€œWho is John Galt?â€
Country USA
Manufacturer TPC Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2019-09-24
Format Kindle eBook

So Who Is John Galt, Anyway?: A Reader's Guide to Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged"