The Book of Daniel

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The Book of Daniel

novel by Doctorow

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E.L. Doctorow
…history first became apparent in The Book of Daniel (1971; film 1983), a fictionalized treatment of the execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg for espionage in 1953. In Ragtime (1975; film 1981), historical figures share the spotlight with characters emblematic of the shifting social dynamics of early 20th-century America.
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…history first became apparent in The Book of Daniel (1971; film 1983), a fictionalized treatment of the execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg for espionage in 1953. In Ragtime (1975; film 1981), historical figures share the spotlight with characters emblematic of the shifting social dynamics of early 20th-century America.
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Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg
Doctorow’s The Book of Daniel (1971) and Robert Coover’s The Public Burning (1977). (The former was released as the motion picture Daniel in 1983.) The controversy over their guilt was seemingly resolved in the early 1990s after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the release…
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Doctorow’s The Book of Daniel (1971) and Robert Coover’s The Public Burning (1977). (The former was released as the motion picture Daniel in 1983.) The controversy over their guilt was seemingly resolved in the early 1990s after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the release…
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