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- Title
The Waterworks: E. L. Doctorow's Gnostic Detective Story.
- Authors
Diemert, Brian
- Abstract
Discusses E.L Doctorow's use of the metaphysical detective story to meditate upon the questions of humanity's relationship to the cosmos in his 1994 novel "The Waterworks." Presentation of a vision that is heavily marked by gnostic thinking; Suggestion that gnosticism has become the basic religion of 20th-century America; Ways in which Doctorow uses the genre of the detective story to explore metaphysical and spiritual issues.
- Subjects
WATERWORKS, The (Book); DOCTOROW, E. L., 1931-2015; MYSTERY fiction; METAPHYSICS in literature; GNOSTICISM in literature
- Publication
Texas Studies in Literature & Language, 2003, Vol 45, Issue 4, p352
- ISSN
0040-4691
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1353/tsl.2003.0019