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Article: Jonathan R. Eller and William F. Touponce. Ray Bradbury: The Life of Fiction.(Book review)
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- Utopian Studies
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- December 22, 2005
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Jonathan R. Eller and William F. Touponce. Ray Bradbury: The Life of Fiction. Kent, OH: Kent State UP, 2004. xxii + 570pp. $34.00
This dense and meticulously-researched volume approaches Ray Bradbury's fiction in two major ways: by attempting to trace the many reworkings, revisions, and expansions of his considerable output, and also by reading Bradbury's major works in the context of his use of the images and elements of carnival.
In their introductory chapter, Eller and Touponce, both of Indiana University, first define "carnivalization" with reference to Russian critic Mikhail Bakhtin's perception that "carnival is a form of life and carnivalization ...