The Romantic Manifesto: A Philosophy of Literature The Romantic Manifesto: A Philosophy of Literature

The Romantic Manifesto: A Philosophy of Literature

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Publisher Description

In this beautifully written and brilliantly reasoned collection of essays, Ayn Rand throws new light on the nature of art and its purpose in human life. Once again, Rand demonstrates her bold originality and her refusal to let popular catchphrases and conventional ideas define her sense of the truth.

In her ethics AynRand extolled the virtue of selfishness—and in her theory of art she was no less radical. Piercing the fog of mysticism and sentimentality that engulfs art, the essays in The Romantic Manifesto explain why, since time immemorial, man has created and consumed works of art.Rand eloquently asserts that one cannot create art without infusing it with one's own value judgments and personal philosophy—even an attempt to withhold moral overtones only results in a deterministic or naturalistic message. Because the moral influence of art is inescapable, she argues, art should always strive to elevate the human spirit.

The Romantic Manifestotakes its place besideThe FountainheadandAtlas Shruggedas one of the most important achievements of our time.

GENRE
Non-Fiction
NARRATOR
BD
Bernadette Dunne
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
07:21
hr min
RELEASED
2008
1 July
PUBLISHER
Blackstone Publishing
SIZE
365.3
MB
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