E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime (Bloom's Guides) - Hardcover

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9780791078808: E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime (Bloom's Guides)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0791078809 ISBN 13: 9780791078808
Publisher: Chelsea House Pub, 2004

Synopsis

An overview of the work features a biographical sketch of the author, a list of characters, a summary of the plot, and critical and analytical views of the work.

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From School Library Journal

Grade 10 Up-Written by scholars or literary experts, these essays discuss Doctorow's use of illusion and mirrors, music as a metaphor, the American dream, the boy narrator, the book's autobiographical elements, Ragtime as a tale of race and property, its historical figures and fictional characters, women's roles, the use of foreshadowing, and many other topics. Authors of individual chapters pick apart Ragtime for underlying meanings and facts, and it is interesting to see how several critics view it from different perspectives. This is the type of novel that is open to interpretation and students will gain a better understanding from reading all of the discussion. Doctorow is quoted in several chapters. Students looking for criticism and analysis of literary works will find it easy to use this title rather than searching endlessly for the journals in which these articles may have originally appeared. A valuable resource for literature collections.
Pat Bender, The Shipley School, Bryn Mawr, PA
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Review

"This is the type of novel that is open to interpretation and students will gain a better understanding from reading all of the discussion. Doctorow is quoted in several chapters. Students looking for criticism and analysis of literary works will find it easy to use this title rather than searching endlessly for the journals in which these articles may have originally appeared. A valuable resource for literature collections."

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Publisher
Chelsea House Pub
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0791078809
ISBN 13 
9780791078808
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
100
Editor
Bloom Harold
Rating
  • 3.83 out of 5 stars
    54 ratings by Goodreads