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The Originality of Atlas Shrugged

by Tore Boeckmann

Ayn Rand said that "creating a new, original abstraction and translating it through new, original means" is "my kind of fiction writing." Tore Boeckmann tests the originality of Atlas Shrugged in regard to both abstract theme and concrete means, by comparing the character of Francisco, and the event of the tunnel disaster, with similar concretes from Friedrich Schiller's plays (Fiesco and Mary Stuart). The comparison highlights non-obvious ways in which Atlas Shrugged concretizes its theme.

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