The Art of Fiction
A Guide for Writers and Readers
Ayn Rand - Author
ISBN 9781101137239 | 192 pages | 01 Jan 2000 | Plume | 8.26 x 5.23in | 18 - AND UP
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In 1958, Ayn Rand, already the world-famous author of such bestselling books as Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, gave a private series of extemporaneous lectures in her own living room on the art of fiction. Tore Boeckmann and Leonard Peikoff for the first time now bring readers the edited transcript of these exciting personal statements. The Art of Fiction offers invaluable lessons, in which Rand analyzes the four essential elements of fiction: theme, plot, characterization, and style. She demonstrates her ideas by dissecting her best-known works, as well as those of other famous authors, such as Thomas Wolfe, Sinclair Lewis, and Victor Hugo. An historic accomplishment, this compendium will be a unique and fascinating resource for both writers and readers of fiction.
Edited by Tore Boeckmann with an Introduction by Leonard Peikoff
Introduction 1. Writing and the Subconscious 2. Literature as an Art Form 3. Theme and Plot 4. The Plot-Theme 5. The Climax 6. How to Develop a Plot Ability 7. Characterization 8. Style I: Depictions of Love 9. Style II: Descriptions of Nature and of New York 10. Particular Issues of Style 11. Special Forms of Literature Index |
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