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How bad writing destroyed the world : Ayn Rand and the literary origins of the financial crisis / Adam Weiner.
Van Pelt Library PG3096.R38 W45 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weiner, Adam, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chernyshevsky, Nikolay Gavrilovich, 1828-1889. Chto delatʹ?.
- Chernyshevsky, Nikolay Gavrilovich.
- Chernyshevsky, Nikolay Gavrilovich, 1828-1889--Influence.
- Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881--Influence.
- Dostoyevsky, Fyodor.
- Rand, Ayn--Influence.
- Rand, Ayn.
- Chernyshevsky, Nikolay Gavrilovich, 1828-1889.
- Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881.
- Chto delatʹ? (Chernyshevsky, Nikolay Gavrilovich).
- Russian fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
- Russian fiction.
- Russian literature--Influence.
- Russian literature.
- Russian literature--Economic aspects.
- Russian literature--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Rationalism in literature.
- Egoism in literature.
- Economics and literature--United States.
- Economics and literature.
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).
- United States.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 250 pages ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.
- Contents:
- Introduction: on the dubious virtue of selfishness
- Radicalizing Dostoevsky
- "The most atrocious work of Russian literature"
- Dostoevsky reborn
- Rigor "mortus" or waiting for Rakhmetov
- Fire in the minds of men
- Rakhmetov lives!
- The vengeance of the muse
- In the graveyard of bad ideas.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-244) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781501313110
- 1501313118
- OCLC:
- 921033684
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