Essays on Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged"

Edited by Robert Mayhew

This is the first scholarly study of Atlas Shrugged, covering in detail the historical, literary, and philosophical aspects of Ayn Rand's magnum opus. Topics explored in depth include the history behind the novel's creation, publication, and reception; its nature as a romantic novel; and its presentation of a radical new philosophy.

Contents:

• Preface

• Chapter 1. The Part and Chapter Headings of Atlas Shrugged
  
  Onkar Ghate

• Chapter 2. Who Was John Galt? The Creation of Ayn Rand's Ultimate Ideal Man
  
  Shoshana Milgram

• Chapter 3. The Spirit of Francisco d'Anconia: The Development of His Characterization
  
  Shoshana Milgram

• Chapter 4. A Note on Francisco's Ancestry
  
  Tore Boeckmann

• Chapter 5. Working for Ayn Rand: Selections from Facets of Ayn Rand
  
  Mary Ann Sures

• Chapter 6 Publishing Atlas Shrugged
  
  Richard E. Ralston

• Chapter 7. The Atlas Shrugged Reviews
  
  Michael S. Berliner

• Chapter 8. Reply to Whittaker Chambers
  
  Leonard Peikoff

• Chapter 9. Atlas Shrugged and the Metaphysics of Values
  
  Tore Boeckmann

• Chapter 10. Atlas Shrugged as the Culmination of the Romantic Novel
  
  Andrew Bernstein

• Chapter 11. A Tale of Two Novels
  
  Harry Binswanger

• Chapter 12. Adapting Atlas Shrugged to Film
  
  Jeff Britting

• Chapter 13. Atlas Shrugged on the Role of the Mind in Man's Existence
  
  Gregory Salmieri

• Chapter 14. Ayn Rand's Ethics: From The Fountainhead to Atlas Shrugged
  
  Darryl Wright

• Chapter 15. No Tributes to Caesar: Good or Evil in Atlas Shrugged
  
  Tara Smith

• Chapter 16. The Businessmen's Crucial Role: Material Men of the Mind
  
  Debi Ghate

• Chapter 17. The Traits of Business Heroes in Atlas Shrugged
  
  Edwin A. Locke

• Chapter 18. "Humanity's Darkest Evil": The Lethal Destructiveness of Non-Objective Law
  
  Tara Smith

• Chapter 19. The Role of Galt's Speech in Atlas Shrugged
  
  Onkar Ghate

• Chapter 20. Galt's Speech in Five Sentences (and Forty Questions)
  
  Allan Gotthelf

• Chapter 21. Discovering Atlantis: Atlas Shrugged's Demonstration of a New Moral Philosophy
  
  Gregory Salmieri

• Chapter 22. A Note on Dagny's "Final Choice"
  
  Allan Gotthelf

• Appendix A: Outline of Atlas Shrugged
  
  Gregory Salmieri

• Appendix B: Outline of Galt's Speech
  
  Gregory Salmieri