Ray Bradbury : the life of fiction / Jonathan R. Eller, William F. Touponce.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eller, Jonathan R., 1952- author.

Touponce, William F., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012.

Bradbury, Ray.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (593 p.)

Place of Publication:

Kent, Ohio ; London : The Kent State University Press, [2004]

Summary:

This is a textual, bibliographical and cultural study of 60 years of Bradbury's fiction. The authors draw upon correspondence with his publishers, agents and friends, as well as archival manuscripts, to examine the story of Bradbury's authorship over more than half a century.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword: Ray, Ray, and Ray""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Metaphors, Myths, and Masks: Origins of Authorship in the Texts of Ray Bradbury""; ""1. Out of the House of Arkham: Dark Carnival and The October Country""; ""2. Martian Carnivals: The Martian Chronicles (The Silver Locusts)""; ""3. The Simulacrum of Carnival: Fahrenheit 451""; ""4. The Carnival Blaze of Summer: Dandelion Wine""; ""5. Fathering the Carnival: Something Wicked This Way Comes""

""6. Corpse Carnivals: A Memory of Murder, Death Is a Lonely Business, A Graveyard for Lunatics, and Let's All Kill Constance!""""7. Carnival Sideshows: The Fantasy and Science Fiction Story Collections""; ""8. Conclusions: A Carnival Sense of Life""; ""Afterword: A Conversation with Ray Bradbury: Excerpts from an interview conducted at Palm Springs, October 21, 2002""; ""Key to Abbreviations""; ""Appendix A: Bradbury's Fiction, Year-by-Year""; ""Appendix B: Unpublished Fiction""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63101-105-7

OCLC:

908097223