Introduction
Doctorow, E(dgar) L(aurence) 1931–
Doctorow is an American novelist and editor, best known for the widely popular novel Ragtime. His major fictive concerns are the cyclical nature of history and experience. Doctorow experiments with history and fiction, especially in Ragtime, which has been controversial for the fictions it presents about historical figures. (See also CLC, Vols. 6, 11, 15, and Contemporary Authors, Vols. 45-48.)
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