City of God Summary
E. L. Doctorow

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City of God Summary

The material collected by writer Everett, the narrator in City of God, is an examination of the relationship between human beings and God, between human beings and the world around them, between human beings and one another, and between human beings and their own identity. Everett begins collecting his material because he is developing a biography of the life of Thomas Pemberton, is an Anglican priest experiencing a crisis of faith...

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E. L. Doctorow Biographies (6)

E. L. Doctorow

3,147 words, approx. 11 pages

"It was juggling that had got me where I was . . . . I practiced my juggling. I juggled anything, Spaldeens, stones, oranges, empty green Coca-Cola bottles, I juggled rolls we stole hot from the bins ... Read more

Edgar Laurence Doctorow

1,667 words, approx. 6 pages

E.L. Doctorow (born 1931) is widely regarded as one of America's pre-eminent novelists of the 20th Century. His work is philosophically probing, employing an adventurous prose style, and the use of hi... Read more

E(dgar) L(aurence) Doctorow

1,653 words, approx. 6 pages

Edgar Laurence Doctorow was born in New York on 6 January 1931. He attended the Bronx High School of Science and later studied at Kenyon College, where he received his B.A. in 1952. Like the hero of T... Read more

E(dgar) L(aurence) Doctorow

2,811 words, approx. 10 pages

One of the most celebrated and controversial novelists of the past two decades, E. L. Doctorow has an uncanny ability to reach both the general audience (The Book of Daniel , Welcome to Hard Times, a... Read more

E(dgar) L(aurence) Doctorow

9,885 words, approx. 33 pages

[This entry was updated by Douglas Fowler (Florida State University) from his entry in DLB 173: American Novelists Since World War II, Fifth Series.]E. L. Doctorow's narrative art is a distinctive fus... Read more

Edgar Laurence Doctorow

4,778 words, approx. 16 pages

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