Fiction as False Document: The Reception of E.L. Doctorow in the Postmodern Age

by John Williams

Survey of the reception history of E.L. Doctorow, the controversial American author.

E.L. Doctorow, now a major member of the American literary establishment, has survived the controversy over his overtly political novels to become recognised as an artist whose place in the American tradition has been earned by his extension of it. This book surveys the reception of his novels, which span the era that saw traditionalist formalist criticism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571130357
• ISBN13: 9781571130358
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"