| Description |
186 pages : portrait ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Twayne's United States authors series ; TUSAS 504 |
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Twayne's United States authors series ; TUSAS 504.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-176) and index. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Summary |
Bradbury's name has become synonymous with superb science fiction. Mogen examines the whole of his career and his large, varied body of work up to this time. |
| Contents |
The life behind the myth: from Green Town to the future -- Bradbury and the critics: between two worlds -- "Poet of the pulps": literary influences and the Bradbury style -- Weird tales: the landscape of October Country -- Entering the space frontier: quests mundane, profane, and divine -- The Martian chronicles -- Images of the future: technology and the Frankenstein myth -- Fahrenheit 451 -- Autobiographical fantasy in Green Town: Dandelion wine, and, Something wicked this way comes -- Realist fiction: metaphors, relationships, and local color -- Other genres, other media: film, drama, and poetry -- Detective fiction: A memory of murder, and, Death is a lonely business -- "Nostalgia for the future": the myth behind the life. |
| Subject |
Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Science fiction, American -- History and criticism.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Mogen, David, 1945- Ray Bradbury. Boston : Twayne, c1986 (OCoLC)565282348 |
| ISBN |
0805774645: $17.95 |
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9780805774641 |
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