Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury | Resources

Fahrenheit 451 For Further Study

Bradbury, Ray "Introduction" to Fahrenheit 451 , Simon and Schuster, 1967, pp. 9-15.

Bradbury narrates the history of his book's writing.

Hoskinson, Kevin "The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury's Cold War Novels,"' Extrapolation, vol 36, No.4, Winter 1995, pp. 345-359.

One of Fahrenheit 451 ' s preoccupations is With "majority rule" which to him is the same as censorship. This essay puts that theme from the book into the historical context of the 1950s, when it was written.

Moore, Everett T. A review in the ALA Bulletin, vol 55, no 5, May 1961, pp. 403-4.

Moore explores the themes of censorship and conformity in Fahrenheit 451 . The article includes material from an interview With Ray Bradbury in which the author ridicules the trend of watering down the classics to make them easily accessible to everyone.

Seed, David "The Flight from the...
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