The Fountainhead (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Ayn Rand
- First Published: 1943
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Parable
- Time of Work: 1922 to the 1930’s
- Setting: New York City
- Principal Characters: Howard Roark, Peter Keating, Ellsworth M. Toohey, Gail Wynand, Dominique Francon, Henry Cameron, Austen Heller, Steven Mallory
- Genres: Long fiction, Philosophical realism
- Subjects: Values, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Power, personal or social, Love or romance, New York City, 1920’s, 1930’s, Individuality, Trials, Ethics, Success or failure, Conformity, Architecture or architects, Public housing
- Locales: New York, NY
Form and Content
The Fountainhead was a surprise popular success that catapulted Ayn (pronounced to rhyme with “mine”) Rand to fame. Rand had been born Alice Rosenbaum in St. Petersburg, Russia, on February 2, 1905, to an affluent and assimilated Jewish family. Early in her life, she rebelled against all religion, at age fourteen declaring herself an atheist. She was even more vehemently anti-Communist. In 1926, after her graduation from the University of Petrograd, she managed to leave the Soviet Union for the United States. She worked in Hollywood at a wide range...
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