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At the speed of light there is only illumination : a reappraisal of Marshall McLuhan / edited by John Moss and Linda M. Morra.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Re-appraisals, Canadian writers ; 27.
- Re-appraisals, Canadian writers, 1189-6787 ; 27
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- McLuhan, Marshall, 1911-1980.
- McLuhan, Marshall.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (250 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- At the Speed of Light There is Only Illumination collects a dozen re-evaluative essays on Marshall McLuhan and his critical and theoretical legacy; from intellectual adventurer creating a complex architecture of ideas to cultural icon standing in line in Woody Allen's Annie Hall. Given McLuhan's prominent status in many academic disciplines, the contributors reflect a multi-disciplinary background. John Moss and Linda Morra chose the essays from a gathering of McLuhan's academic devotees. The contribution - from "McLuhan as Medium" and "McLuhan in Space" to "What McLuhan Got Wrong"
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; A Move to the Glebe; McLuhan as Medium; McLuhan and Canadian Communication Thought; Marshall McLuhan and the Modernist Writers' Legacy; Retracing the Labyrinth of Modernism: McLuhan and the Aesthetic Moment; ""Shall I Say, It Is Necessary to Restore the Dialogue"": Wilfred Watson's Encounter with Marshall McLuhan, 1957-1988; McLuhan, Media, and Hybridity: A Revaluation in the Postcolonial Context; Does the Space Make Differences? Some Geographical Remarks about Spatial Information between Harold Innis and Marshall McLuhan; McLuhan in Space
- Making Sense of McLuhan SpaceWhat McLuhan Got Wrong about the Global Village and Some Things He Didn't Forsee; Wychewode Park; Panel Discussion: ""Trouble in the Global Village""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-69044-5
- 9786613667380
- 0-7766-1543-2
- OCLC:
- 742333000
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