Considering the Last Romantic, Ayn Rand, at 100
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By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN
Published: February 2, 2005
What did Ayn Rand want?
Today is the centennial of her birth, and while newsletters and Web
sites devoted to her continue to proliferate, and while little about
her private life or public influence remains unplumbed, it is still
easier to understand what she didn't want than what she did. Her scorn
was unmistakable in her two novel-manifestos, "The Fountainhead"
(1943), about a brilliant architect who stands proud against collective
tastes and egalitarian sentimentality, and "Atlas Shrugged" (1957),
about brilliant industrialists who stand proud against government
bureaucrats and socialized mediocrity. It is still possible, more than
20 years after her death, to find readers choosing sides: those who see
her as a subtle philosopher pitted against those who see her as a pulp
novelist with pretensions.
Edward Rothstein
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