Burning Books

By Matthew Fishburn

Book Overview

This provocative new work examines the years between the Nazi book fires and the publication of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 (1953), a period when book burning captured the popular imagination. It explores how embedded the myths of book burning have become in our cultural history, and illustrates the enduring appeal of a great cleansing bonfire.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 134936309X
• ISBN13: 9781349363094
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"