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- At the Speed of Light There is Only Illumination: A Reappraisal of Marshall McLuhan
- Book
- 2004
- Published by: University of Ottawa Press
- Series: Reappraisals: Canadian Writers
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” and “Trouble in the Global Village” – to provide a kaleidoscope of new views. As Moss writes of the collected essays: “Some are big and some are small, some exegetic and some confessional, some stand as major statements and others are sidelong glances; some resonate with the concerns of public discourse and others are private or privileged or impious and provocative. Each consists of many parts, each a design on its own. They speak to each other…they may have come together as one version of what happened.”
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. 1-6
- A Move to the Glebe
- pp. 7-16
- McLuhan as Medium
- pp. 17-36
- McLuhan in Space
- pp. 165-184
- Making Sense of McLuhan Space
- pp. 185-206
- Wychewode Park
- pp. 223-225
Additional Information
ISBN
9780776615431
Related ISBN(s)
9780776605722
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
180704438
Pages
250
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No