The Fountainhead | Essays and Criticism

  • Objectivist Philosophy in The Fountain Head

    Perkins teaches American literature and film and has published several essays on American and British authors. In the following essay, Perkins examines Rand's expression of her objectivist philosophy in The Fountainhead.

  • Collective Rights versus Freedom of Expression

    Sakuda holds a bachelor of arts degree in communications and is an independent writer. In this essay, Sakuda contemplates Rand's book by examining an individual's selfish right to freedom of expression versus the rights of the collective.

  • "Ayn Rand's Neurotic Personalities of Our Times"

    In the following essay, Deane praises the psychological realism of the characters in Rand's novel.

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