Ameerika kirjandus alates I maailmasõjast kuni tänapäevani.
To sho that history is neither absolute nor finite. And again in accordance to post-
modernism it all depends on the point of view, there can be many histories. A writer who
represents this genre better than anyone is E.Z Doctorow (1931-). The period is know for it's
anarchist attacts. They installed bombs and tried to organise 'terrorists acts'. The real events
contribute to the novel. But the title 'Ragtime' is not only about the content but also about the
form. It's a caleidoscopic picture accomapnied by the vibes of ragtime. The novel has an
important epigraf do not play this piece fast, it's never right to play ragtime fast. And this
eograf sets the tempo and the mood of the novel which is fairly slow. The writer outlines
several problems from the past which have not been solved in the present. The first one is the
fate of the blacks and the fate of immigrants. He presents stories of men and women who
typify the period in the book. But most of the attention get the fictional characters
annaabi.ee 
