Ayn Rand’s O. Henry—and Ours: Ingenuity, Optimism and Warmth (MP3 download) Education

Ayn Rand’s O. Henry—and Ours: Ingenuity, Optimism and Warmth (MP3 download) EducationBy Shoshana Milgram The theme of this course is the distinctive and enduring literary achievement of O. Henry, whom Ayn Rand esteemed ever since she first read his fiction in Soviet Russia. We toohere and nowcan savor his ingenuity, optimism and warmth. This course describes Ayn Rands experience with O. Henry: her reading of the first Russian translations, her personal copies and the indications in her writing of her admiration for his art. We

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as she explains the four essential elements of fiction: plot

literary values that go beyond his trademark narrative surprises or “twists

In these three path-breaking lectures

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The argument from analogy

and the existence and nature of God

DISC 1: Widescreen edition of Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life

It also covers: understanding complex emotions

These stories appeal to the best within us

Productiveness as the Adjustment of Nature to Man

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