At the speed of light there is only illumination : a reappraisal of Marshall McLuhan / edited by John Moss and Linda M. Morra.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moss, John, 1940-

Morra, Linda M.

Series:

Re-appraisals, Canadian writers ; 27.

Reappraisals, Canadian writers ; 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

McLuhan, Marshall, 1911-1980.

McLuhan, Marshall.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

261 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, [2004]

Summary:

At the Speed of Light There is Only Illumination is a collection of reevaluative essays that measure Marshall McLuhan and his critical and theoretical legacy. Each contribution works toward a larger critical mosaic that as a whole offers a new version of McLuhan as an intellectual adventurer and cultural icon, of his ideas as complex architecture and brilliant lines. John Moss and Linda Morra drew the collection's essays from a symposium on McLuhan held at the University of Ottawa in 2000. Given McLuhan's prominent status in many academic disciplines, the contributors reflect a multidisciplinary background. Each essay is unique in its approach. Whereas some are extraordinarily personal and anecdotal, others are intellectually and provocatively engaged with McLuhan's ideas and the manner in which these ideas have been appropriated in contemporary discourse.

Contents:

A Move to the Glebe / John Moss 7

McLuhan as Medium / Tom Dilworth 17

McLuhan and Canadian Communication Thought / Robert E. Babe 37

Marshall McLuhan and the Modernist Writers' Legacy / Elena Lamberti 63

Retracing the Labyrinth of Modernism: McLuhan and the Aesthetic Moment / Dominic Manganiello 85

"Shall I Say, It Is Necessary to Restore the Dialogue": Wilfred Watson's Encounter with Marshall McLuhan, 1957-1988 / Paul Tiessen 95

McLuhan, Media, and Hybridity: A Revaluation in the Postcolonial Context / P. P. Ajayakumar 147

Does the Space Make Differences? Some Geographical Remarks about Spatial Information between Harold Innis and Marshall McLuhan / Mario Neve 153

McLuhan in Space / Richard Cavell 165

Making Sense of McLuhan Space / Gordon Gow 185

What McLuhan Got Wrong about the Global Village and Some Things He Didn't Forsee / Brian Fawcett 207

Wychewode Park / Brian Fawcett 223

Panel Discussion: "Trouble in the Global Village" / Leslie Shade, Arthur Kroker, Robert Babe, Brian Fawcett 227.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0776605720

OCLC:

54499893