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What Art Is: The Esthetic Theory of Ayn Rand

by Louis Torres & Michelle Marder Kamhi

Open Court, 2000 (539 pages, incl. appendixes, notes, bibliography, index). Amazon.com

The Book

Abstract
Table of Contents
Chapter Summaries
Introduction (excerpts)
Endorsements (Jacques Barzun and others)
Reviews / Responses
Preliminary Response to Journal of Ayn Rand Studies Symposium

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Also of Interest

"Critical Neglect of Ayn Rand's Theory of Art"
--from the Journal of Ayn Rand Studies (Fall 2000)
"What 'Rand's Aesthetics' Is, and Why It Matters"
--from the Journal of Ayn Rand Studies (Spring 2003)
"Scholarly Engagement: When It Is Pleasurable and When It Is Not"
--from the Journal of Ayn Rand Studies (Fall 2003)
About Ayn Rand (last updated 2021)