The fountainhead
Subtitle: an American novel
By: Douglas J. Den Uyl.
Series: Twayne's masterworks studies, 169
Publisher: Twayne Publishers
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 123
Subjects: Rand, Ayn.; Didactic fiction, American -- History and criticism.; Individualism in literature.; Philosophy in literature.; Ethics in literature.
Description: "Ayn Rand's 1943 masterpiece, The Fountainhead is the story of Howard Roark, an architect of enormous talent who turns down one lucrative commission after another because they would force him to modify his designs and compromise his integrity, but in spite of his refusals, or perhaps because of them, he goes on to triumph over many obstacles and establish himself as a master.

Douglas Den Uyl's new study, The Fountainhead: An American Novel, is the first volume to exclusively explore Rand's most famous novel and also delve into her theory of individualism, called "objectivism." This theory eschews all government intervention into both the lives of individuals and the workings of a capitalist economy and has inspired a popular philosophical following for Rand over the years."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-119) and index.