The Romantic Manifesto by Ayn Rand

The Romantic Manifesto by Ayn RandIn her ethics Ayn Rand extolled the virtue of selfishnessand in her theory of art she was no less radical. Piercing the fog of mysticism and sentimentality that engulfs art, the essays in The Romantic Manifesto explain why, since time immemorial, man has created and consumed works of art. Ayn Rand argues that objective standards in art are possible because art is not a subjective luxury, but rather a critical need of human lifenot a material need, but

Nearly fifty years later

You can discover the simple pleasure of awareness

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eating human meat—“special meat”—is legal

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Gaiman entrances with his literary alchemy

female characters take centre stage - Athena

to make even the most difficult concept fun and easy to grasp

will do anything and go anywhere for the man she loves

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There he encounters a strange group of forest dwellers who appear to have attained a form of immortality that preserves the body but not the mind