Imprint:Philadelphia, PA : Chelsea House Publishers, 2001.
Descriptionviii, 182 p. ; 25 cm.
Note:Recomposing time: Humboldt's Gift and Ratime / Barbara L. Estrin. - Ragtime in retrospect / Charles Berryman. - Fiction and history / Paul Levine. - Ragtime as auto biography / Marshall Bruce Gentry. - Twain, Doctorow, and the anachronistic adventures of the arms mechanic and the jazz pianist / Cushing Strout. - Illusions of demystification in Ragtime / Christopher D. Morris. - The Musical world of Doctorow's Ragtime / Berndt Ostendorf. - Compositions of dissatisfaction: Ragtime / John G. Parks. - Ragtime / Douglas Fowler. - Ragtime as historical novel 1977-85 / John Williams. - The American dream, insiders and outsiders: Ragtime / Michelle M. Tokarczyk.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.