E. L. Doctorow (Routledge Library Editions: Modern Fiction) by Levine PB..

Name: E. L. Doctorow (Routledge Library Editions: Modern Fiction) by Levine PB..
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

E. L. DoctorowAuthor(s): Paul Levine\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367344955, 978-0367344955\nSynopsis\nDuring his lifetime E. L. Doctorow was a remarkable phenomenon among contemporary American novelists. He was a serious writer who was popular, a political writer who was a stylist, an original writer who was highly eclectic and an historical writer who invented the past. In this study, originally published in 1985, Paul Levine follows Doctorows progress as a novelist and traces the development of certain themes that recur in his work including the relationships between history and imagination, between high and popular culture and between political content and radical style. He also examines Doctorows notion of the writer as witness and actor and of writing as a subversive activity, two concerns which link him with important writers in Europe and Latin America. The book should provide a valuable and comprehe.