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Ray Bradbury

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Encyclopedia Articles (1)

Dandelion Wine

3,128 words, approx. 11 pages

Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury Ray Bradbury was born in Waukegan, Illinois, in 1920. Although he had moved to os Angeles, California, by the time he was twelve years old, he retained vivid memories... Read more

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Ray Bradbury

10,967 words, approx. 37 pages

Biography EssayAlthough Ray Bradbury remains perhaps the best known of all science-fiction writers, and although his stories and themes have permeated all areas of American culture as have those of no... Read more

Ray Bradbury

2,198 words, approx. 8 pages

Ray Bradbury (born 1920) was among the first authors to combine the concepts of science fiction with a sophisticated prose style. Often described as economical yet poetic, Bradbury's fiction conveys a... Read more

Ray (Douglas) Bradbury

3,248 words, approx. 11 pages

Ray Bradbury is an interesting writer who has unjustly suffered from critical neglect. In a sense he has been the victim of a genre. To consider his work as "science fiction" or "fantasy"--no matter h... Read more

Ray (Douglas) Bradbury

11,819 words, approx. 40 pages

[This entry was updated by Gary K. Wolfe (Roosevelt University) from his entry in the Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography, volume 6, pp. 16-33.]Although Ray Bradbury remains perhaps the ... Read more

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Critical Essay by Tom Bradford

949 words, approx. 4 pages

Critical Essay by Tom Bradford [Dandelion Wine] has no more reason to end than it has to begin. Its cause and effect relationship is a spontaneous one, for which A leads to B, and Z again to A. It is... Read more

Critical Essay by John B. Rosenman

2,171 words, approx. 8 pages

In the following essay, Rosenman finds parallels between Faulkner's story “That Evening Sun” and Bradbury's novella That Dandelion Wine, particularly the emphasis of heaven... Read more

Critical Essay by James E. Person, Jr.

3,102 words, approx. 11 pages

In the following essay, Person evaluates the thematic and stylistic influence of Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio on Bradbury's Dandelion Wine. The river, great symbol of life, is ... Read more

Technology: a Menace to Society

1,496 words, approx. 5 pages

Mankind has a constant desire to become more knowledgeable. With new knowledge, it is almost certain that new technology will soon follow. New technology serves as either a new luxury or a new disast... Read more

The Relevance of Magic in Dandelion Wine

951 words, approx. 4 pages

Within the novel Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury strives to relate the traits of magic with a boy's life experiences. Bradbury's premise is that in life, there are two major themes of magic. One is demon... Read more

Bradbury's Distaste for Machines and Technology in his novel Dandelion Wine

802 words, approx. 3 pages

Bradbury has a distaste for all machines. During these times, older products are being replaced by another and another newer product. And as these products are being replaced, they keep having defects... Read more