The Art of Fiction (MP3 download) Fiction

The Art of Fiction (MP3 download) FictionBy Ayn Rand In 1958, the year after Atlas Shrugged was published, a small group of aspiring writers and fiction lovers gathered in Ayn Rands living room for an informal course on literature. Speaking extemporaneously from just a few handwritten notes, the best selling author discussed the creation and appreciation of literature in twelve recorded sessions. Illustrating her points with passages from authors such as Thomas Wolfe, Sinclair Lewis, Mickey

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University of Toronto

Rand explains why she considers selfishness to be a virtue

from gold stars to pizza to cash

emotions and objectivity

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but the writings in which he expressed it are so obscure that most readers find it difficult to appreciate their significance or even to make sense of them

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the epistemological question of how we know the truth of inductive generalizations

and pays rightful homage to the Greek heroes - the "greatest generation" of their day - who defended their freedom with their lives

Tremendous in its scope

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