Katniss Shrugged : the problematic legacy of Ayn Rand in contemporary American young adult dystopian literature

In this thesis, I examine Ayn Rand's magnum opus 'Atlas Shrugged' and her philosophy of Objectivism, in order to explain how contemporary American young adult critical dystopias are the literary heirs to Rand's Americanist sociopolitical female-driven novels of rebellion in the f...

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Main Author: Beckett, Steven Nels
Published: Durham University 2019
Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.768380