The Romantic Manifesto by Ayn Rand
A Philosophy of Literature
An exploration of aesthetics that defines art as a selective re-creation of reality guided by an artist’s metaphysical value-judgments, arguing that art fulfills a vital psychological need by concretizing abstract values. It defends Romanticism as the literature of volition, contrasts it with deterministic Naturalism, and proposes objective standards grounded in reason and moral purpose, offering essays on sense of life, psycho-epistemology, and the principles of literature while critiquing modern trends and advocating works that project heroic values and the primacy of choice.
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- Published
- 1969
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 180-220
- Original Language
- English
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