Table of Contents

Part 1 The History of The Fountainhead Chapter 2 The Fountainhead from Notebook to Novel: The Composition of Ayn Rand's First Projection of the Ideal Man Chapter 3 Howard Roark and Frank Lloyd Wright Chapter 4 Publishing The Fountainhead Chapter 5 The Fountainhead Reviews Chapter 6 Adapting The Fountainhead to Film Part 7 The Fountainhead as Literature and as Philosophy Chapter 8 The Fountainhead as a Romantic Novel Chapter 9 What Might Be and Ought to Be: Aristotle's Poetics and The Fountainhead Chapter 10 Three Inspirations for the Ideal Man: Cyrus Paltons, Enjolras, and Cyrano de Bergerac Chapter 11 Understanding the "Rape" Scene in The Fountainhead Chapter 12 Humor in The Fountainhead Chapter 13 The Fountainhead and the Spirit of Youth Chapter 14 The Basic Motivation of the Creators and the Masses in ,The Fountainhead Chapter 15 Independence in The Fountainhead Chapter 16 Roark's Integrity Chapter 17 A Moral Dynamiting Chapter 18 Epilogue Chapter 19 An Interview with Leonard Peikoff

About the Author

Robert Mayhew is professor of philosophy at Seton Hall University.

Reviews

Not only is Dr. Mayhew's book the first compilation of scholarly essays on Ayn Rand's classic novel The Fountainhead, it also contains some brilliant work and insights of many of the top Ayn Rand scholars working today. I'm very excited to see that The Fountainhead-one of the greatest and most popular novels of the 20th century-is now receiving the kind of scholarly attention that it clearly deserves.
*Yaron Brook, President and Executive Director, The Ayn Rand Institute*

Whether you are interested in Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead as a cultural phenomenon, a literary creation or a philosophical manifesto, this collection of essays illuminates it with insights, large and small, on every page. It has given me a deeper appreciation for every aspect of this great novel and for its author.
*James G. Lennox, University of Pittsburgh*