Writing and Re-Writing Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Mind at Work

By Shoshana Milgram

WARNING: contains plot spoilers

This audio lecture is intended for an audience very familiar with the plot, theme and philosophical content of the novel. It is based on archival research in the Library of Congress in 1997 and at the Ayn Rand Archives in 2004; some of the material was presented in “Ayn Rand’s Drafts: The Labors of a Literary Genius” (taped lectures, Second Renaissance Books, 1998).

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• Lecture (52 min.)
• Q & A (27 min.)