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- Title
To Rand or Not To Rand?: Neil Pearl's Varied Influences.
- Authors
Bowman, Durrell
- Abstract
Bowman suggests that Ayn Rand's influence on Neil Peart's lyrics mainly existed in a few science-fiction and technology-oriented works from the mid-1970s to the early-1980s. Peart's individualism in the 1980s had at least as much to do with Hemingway, Faulkner, religious imagery (although he was an agnostic), and other influences. Many of his lyrics (1975-2002) suggest "left-wing libertarianism," random contingencies, science, nature, the environment, relationships, and even humor. In any case, Peart's copious reading and varied lyrics contradict Rand as his "major influence."
- Publication
Journal of Ayn Rand Studies (Journal of Ayn Rand Studies Foundation), 2003, Vol 5, Issue 1, p153
- ISSN
1526-1018
- Publication type
Academic Journal