Fahrenheit 451 (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Ray Bradbury
- First Published: 1953
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction, Dystopian fiction
- Subjects: Values, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Literature, Social issues, Education or educators, Future, Books, Oppression, War, Reading, Science fiction, Conformity, Fire, Censorship, Totalitarianism, Technology
- Locales: North America
Fahrenheit 451—named for the temperature at which paper ignites and burns—is Bradbury's best-known novel and is probably also his best. Based on an earlier story, “The Fireman” (1950), and developing the censorship theme that appears in several other Bradbury works, this novel presents the dystopia that Bradbury may fear most.
In a future United States, the lowest common denominator of culture has imposed its ideas of happiness upon the whole culture. The universal idea of happiness has become an extrapolation of sitting in front of a television with a six-pack of...
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