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Fahrenheit 451 (1953): Library Resources

A list of resources available through Truxal Library for researching Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451

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Reference Materials

Search the Library Catalog for the following reference titles that contain material about Fahrenheit 451. These titles may be available in other college or public libraries.

  • American Writers [supp IV, part 1]
  • B​loom's Literary Themes: Alienation
  • Bloom's Literary Themes: Civil Disobedience
  • A Companion to Science Fiction
  • Contemporary Literary Criticism [vols 10, 42, 98] - Contains passages from literary criticism originally published in books and journals; look for Fahrenheit 451 in the Cumulative Title Index, a separate paperback index that accompanies this multi-volume work
  • Critical Insights: Dystopia 
  • Critical Insights: Fahrenheit 451
  • Critical Survey of Long Fiction [vol 1]
  • Cyclopedia of Literary Characters [vol 2]
  • Cyclopedia of Literary Places [vol 1]
  • Encyclopedia of Utopian Literature
  • Literature and Its Times [vol 5]
  • Literature and Its Times [supp 1, part 2]
  • Masterplots [vol 4]
  • Notable American Novelists [vol 1]
  • Social Protest Literature: An Encyclopedia of Works, Characters, Authors, and Themes 
  • Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (TCLC) - Contains passages from literary criticism originally published in books and journals;
    • [vol 186] - locate the topical essay "Cold War Literature"

Books & Audio/Visual Materials

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  • Fahrenheit 451
  • Bradbury, Ray

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