Objective Criticism: Finding Literary Criticism on Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead

A Carolina Day School Library Helpsheet

Reference

Novels for Students (multiple volumes). REF 809 TEL

Volume 16 has a lengthy article on The Fountainhead.

Reference Guide to American Literature . REF 810.9 Ref 2000

  Short article on Rand and her works.

On Reserve : The Fountainhead : An American Novel . 813.52 Ran 1999

Essays on Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead.  813.52 Ran 2007

Student Resource Center

This subscription database contains articles from many reference works and periodicals. If you get the password from the librarian, you can search The Student Resource Center from home 24/7.

Available from the library web page under "Subscription Databases." After you log in, choose Student Resource Center Gold .

When the Search box appears, type in fountainhead ( you'll be searching your book's title as a subject since you want information about the book).

The first section to appear will be about ten articles under the “Reference” tab. In the list that appears, note that the critical essays are identified as "criticism" in the far right column. Click on the "magazine" or “academic journals” tabs for articles in periodicals, but beware: the search will use “fountainhead” as a keyword (as it won't find any under “subject”), and many unrelated articles will appear only because the word “fountainhead” is somewhere in the text.

NCLive Databases

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NCLive is a host of databases brought to you by your local public (or academic) library. You must have a library card and a password to access these databases. You can access NCLive from the CDS Library webpage.

• Connect to NCLive from the CDS Library's webpage or type nclive.org into your browser's address bar.
• Choose your own public library . Type in the password that you will obtain by calling your library and asking the reference department.
• Choose "Browse Resources."
• Choose "Advanced Search."
• Check “Full Text only.”
• Check the following databases: "Academic Search Premiere, “Gale Reference Library,” “MAS Ultra,” "MasterFile Premiere,” and “Net Library”.
• Enter fountainhead as a keyword in the first search box and rand as a keyword in the second search box.
• Click on the Search button.
• You will be presented with a list of articles from books (and, in the case of NetLibrary, entire books), that you may search, print, email to yourself, etc.
• ASK MS. ST. CLAIR IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS!

On the Web:

The Objectivist Center . http://www.objectivistcenter.org/cth-22-1713-ExpertAnalysis.aspx

Has several F articles, including Howard Roark in the New York Daily News , Understanding the Major Characters (a chart summarizing the differing premises, goals, and methods of each of the story's five major characters), The Literary Achievement of The Fountainhead , How to Read a Novel (with examples drawn from F and Anthem), and Wright and Rand .

Ayn Rand's Philosophy: What is Objectivism? http://www.ayn-rand.com/ayn-rand-objectivism.asp

Nine articles about objectivism and philosophy.

Ayn Rand and Objectivism: An Overview. http://www.aynrandsociety.org/

The Ayn Rand Society's home page contains this article on Rand 's philosophy.

Videos : http://www.americanwriters.org/archives/player/rand.asp

Videos from a CSPAN program on Rand and her works, including a 1961 interview with Rand (30 minutes), a panel discussion on The Fountainhead (33 minutes), and others.

Rev. 2-08 K. St. Clair