1908 Elsie Hall joins her parents, who had moved to western Canada two years earlier. She teaches school in Creighton, Alberta and lodges with the family of ]arnes McLuhan. 1909 Herbert McLuhan and Elsie Hall marry'l'lfl- the Hall ...
Communications theorist Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) predicted the effects of electronic media on modern culture as early as 1964.
in this respected and well - established publication , then edited by Allen Tate , his first sympathetic ear outside his own immediate circle . Under Tate , the magazine reflected many of McLuhan's own interests : New Criticism ...
Surveys the life and career of the social theorist best known for the quotation, "The medium is the message," who helped shape the culture of the 1960s and predicted the future of television and the rise of the Internet.
Marshall McLuhan
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This collection contains key critical essays and assessments of the writings of Canadian communications thinker Marshall McLuhan selected from the voluminous output of the past forty years.
Wherever he went, McLuhan left the indelible memory of his passion for learning as a vital legacy among colleagues, friends and acquaintances. This is the man Gordon successfully evokes in this superb biography.
As Peter Bowler points out , Arnold saw his role as ' softening the puritanical element in Victorian culture without opening the floodgates of anarchy ' by providing a balance between the Hellenistic and Hebraistic forces of ...
The book: · Explains McLuhan′s key ideas · Engages with critical issues in media and contemporary art · Demonstrates the relevance of his work for students of media and communications · Addresses his methodological contribution · ...
... man almost too obvi- ous to mention , but one has to , since the author also finds it so . This is the strong anti - typographical counter - current in our culture . Antiquity viewed in perspective may be an achievement of typographic man ...
This collection contains key critical essays and assessments of the writings of Canadian communications thinker Marshall McLuhan selected from the voluminous output of the past forty years.
Marshall McLuhan: Escape Into Understanding