The Romantic Manifesto Author:Ayn Rand This is Rand's treatise on the meaning of art within culture and 'it's purpose for human life.' Underlying this treatise is the objectivist philosophy which has placed Ayn Rand in the mainstream of American thought. — Ayn Rand's first novel, We the Living, was published in 1936. With the publication of The Fountainhead in 1943, she achieved spect... more »acular and enduring success, though she may be best known for her novel "Atlas Shrugged." Through her novels and nonfiction writings, which express her unique philosophy, Objectivism, Rand maintains a lasting influence on popular thought.« less