Mimi Reisel Gladstein could not find any scholarly articles about Rand's novels when she began researching her in 1973, and only three such articles appeared during the rest of the 1970s.
mˈiːmi ɹˈaɪzəl ɡlˈædstaɪn kʊd nˌɑːt fˈaɪnd ˌɛni skˈɑːlɚli ˈɑːɹɾɪkəlz ɐbˌaʊt ɹˈændz nˈɑːvəlz wɛn ʃiː bɪɡˈæn ɹᵻsˈɜːtʃɪŋ hɜːɹ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti θɹˈiː, ænd ˈoʊnli θɹˈiː sˈʌtʃ ˈɑːɹɾɪkəlz ɐpˈɪɹd dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðə ɹˈɛst ʌvðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti z.