EL Doctorow ragtime waterworks
... L Doctorow Most writers of this day and age are open-minded. Edgar Lawrence Doctorow displays this in his writings about America. ... Through the works Ragtime and The Waterworks, New York is conveyed with an impression of historical accuracy during the 1900s and 1870s. ... Doctorow was born in New York City on January 6, 1931, around the time of the Great Depression. ... Doctorow served as senior editor for New American Library from 1959-1964 and editor in chief of Dial Press from 1964-1969. Since 1969, Doctorow has devoted his time to writing and teaching. ... Doctorow’s open-mind, he has written a variety of works that are different types. Welcome to Hard Times was Doctorow’s first novel which was a western. ... Ragtime was a historical fiction based on the decade before World War I. ... The Waterworks is one of his science fictions. Ragtime starts off in the 1900s in the town of New Rochelle, New York, at the house of an upper class family that consisted of Mother, Father, and the little boy. Doctorow names his main fictional characters with their literal names. ... Doctorow questions consequences of new technology to the American worker. ... The Waterworks begins in 1870s in Manhattan, New York. ... Doctorow shows how a utopia cannot truly exist.