In this essay, I consider The Book of Daniel as a novel about family, time, and storytelling, as well as a meditation about the nature of justice and a commentary on the elusiveness of true knowledge about the past. I analyze Daniel’s quest for truth in a theoretical framework built on the theories of narration proposed by Georg Lukacs, Louis Mink and Hayden White as well as on studies of American Communism, the Rosenberg trial and the 1960s Counterculture. I also examine the impact of the Bible and of Raga music on the structure and meaning of this complex work.
"Narrating History: E. L. Doctorow's The Book of Daniel"
FARRANT, Winifred
1987-01-01
Abstract
In this essay, I consider The Book of Daniel as a novel about family, time, and storytelling, as well as a meditation about the nature of justice and a commentary on the elusiveness of true knowledge about the past. I analyze Daniel’s quest for truth in a theoretical framework built on the theories of narration proposed by Georg Lukacs, Louis Mink and Hayden White as well as on studies of American Communism, the Rosenberg trial and the 1960s Counterculture. I also examine the impact of the Bible and of Raga music on the structure and meaning of this complex work.
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