Ayn Rand: The Romantic Manifesto: A Philosophy of Literature

Stylization, see Selectivity

Subject of art work: as expression of view of man’s existence ; artist’s choice of ; and projection of view of man’s place in universe ; selectivity in, as cardinal aspect of art

Sullivan, Louis H., principle of architecture of

Symbolism of primitive terror in presentation of man

Tap dancing

Television: physical action in dramas of; and Romanticism ; The Twilight Zone, series on; The Avengers, British series on

Theater: legitimate vs. illegitimate innovations in

Theme of art work, as link uniting subject and style

Theme of novel: as essential attribute; purpose of novel defined by; presented in terms of action; as core of its abstract meaning; and top-rank Romantic novelists ; and second rank of Romantic novelists; and popular fiction; in modern literature

Thrillers: “tongue-in-cheek,” ; as detective, spy, or adventure stories ; conflict as basic characteristic of; as simplified version of Romantic literature; relation of, to novels of serious Romantic literature ; humor in “tongue-in-cheek” thrillers ; social status of, and gulf between the people and their alleged intellectual leaders; modern intellectuals’ rush to the bandwagon of; as dramatization of abstraction of moral conflict; as spectacle of man’s efficacy ; and ultimate triumph of the good

Tolstoy, Leo: choice of subject by; evaluating work of; as Naturalist writer

Twilight Zone, The, series on TV, as symbolic projection of remnants of Romanticism

Value-judgments, metaphysical: as foundation of moral values; of artist, and selective re-creation of reality ; as base of ethics ; derived from an explicit metaphysics

Values: conflicts of; art as concretization of; primacy of, brought to art by Romanticists; common-sense values distinguished from conventional; moral, child’s learning concept of

Venus de Milo

Vermeer, Jan: choice of subject by; style of

Verne, Jules, as writer of science fiction

Victor Hugo (Josephson), appraisal of Ninety-Three in

“Violence Can be Fun,” article in TV Guide on The Avengers, quoted

Volition: man’s possession of, as premise of Romanticism ; man as not possessed of, as premise of Naturalism ; and importance of establishing as function of man’s rational faculty; confusion on, between esthetic Romanticists and “Romantic” philosophers; full commitment to premise of, by Romantic writers; commitment to premise of, by writers in regard to existence but not to consciousness ; commitment to premise of, by writers in regard to consciousness but not to existence

War and Peace (Tolstoy)

Web and the Rock, The (Wolfe), style of

Wells, H. G., as writer of science fiction

Wolfe, Thomas: style of; in The Web and the Rock

Zen Buddhists, sense of life achieved by

Zola, Émile: choice of subject by; as Naturalist writer

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