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摘要:这篇文章通过 E. L. Doctorow 1975 年的小说《Ragtime》中母亲床头柜上的文学作品--莫莉-埃利奥特-西威尔（Molly Elliot Seawell）的反妇女主义者作品和玛格丽特-桑格（Margaret Sanger）关于家庭限制的小册子--来研究母亲这个角色。母亲的角色一只脚站在激进女权主义的世界里，另一只脚站在反妇女主义者的环境中。这种背景重塑了她在叙事中与边缘人物的互动，并破坏了她本应幸福的结局。从这些文本中解读母亲，使她成为小说中一个充满活力的人物，揭示了她的内心世界和能动性。
The Books on the Bedside Table: Re-Reading "Mother" in E. L. Doctorow's Ragtime
Abstract:This essay examines the character of Mother in E. L. Doctorow's 1975 novel, Ragtime, through the lens of the literature that sits on her nightstand: an antisuffragist text by Molly Elliot Seawell and a pamphlet about family limitation by Margaret Sanger. Mother's character stands with one foot in the world of radical feminism and another in the milieu of antisuffragists. This context reframes her interactions with marginalized figures in the narrative and undermines her supposedly happy ending. Reading Mother in view of these texts makes her a dynamic character in the novel, revealing her inner life and agency.
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