Essays on Ayn Rand's We the living / edited by Robert Mayhew.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-408) and index.

From Airtight to We the living : the drafts of Ayn Rand's first novel / Shoshana Milgram -- Parallel lives : models and inspirations for characters in We the living / Scott McConnell -- We the living and the Rosenbaum family letters / Dina Schein Federman -- The education of Kira Argounova and Leo Kovalensky / Shoshana Milgram -- Russian revolutionary ideology and We the living / John Ridpath -- The music of We the living / Michael S. Berliner -- Publishing We the living / Richard E. Ralston -- Reviews of We the living / Michael S. Berliner -- Adapting We the living / Jeff Britting -- We the living : '36 and '59 / Robert Mayhew -- We the living and Victor Hugo : Ayn Rand's first novel and the novelist she ranked first / Shoshana Milgram -- Red pawn : Ayn Rand's other story of Soviet Russia / Jena Trammell -- The integration of plot and theme in We the living / Andrew Bernstein -- The sacred in We the living / Robert Mayhew -- The plight of Leo Kovalensky / Onkar Ghate -- Kira's family / John David Lewis -- Kira Argounova laughed : humor and joy in We the living / Robert Mayhew -- Forbidding life to those still living / Tara Smith -- The death premise in We the living and Atlas shrugged / Onkar Ghate -- Epilogue: Introduction to We the living / Leonard Peikoff.