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Virtual Marshall Mcluhan
Donald F. Theall
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Description for Virtual Marshall Mcluhan
Paperback. Marshall McLuhan was a satirist and prophetic poet who explored subjects from the occult and the esoteric to everyday popular culture and the emerging digital revolution. Written in an accessible, engaging manner, The Virtual Marshall McLuhan sheds new light on McLuhan's goals and the background to his influential writings. Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 395.
Donald Theall explores and explains the significance of the emergence of McLuhan as an important figure in North America in the development of an understanding of culture, communication, and technology. He reveals important information about McLuhan and his relationships with his earliest collaborator and life-long friend, anthropologist Edmund Carpenter, as well as with Theall himself, McLuhan's first doctoral student. McLuhan emerges as a complex human being, at once attractive, witty, egotistic, and exasperating. Theall examines McLuhan's many roles - proponent of a poetic method; pop guru adopted by Tom Wolfe, Woody Allen and others; North American precursor of French theory ... Read more
Donald Theall explores and explains the significance of the emergence of McLuhan as an important figure in North America in the development of an understanding of culture, communication, and technology. He reveals important information about McLuhan and his relationships with his earliest collaborator and life-long friend, anthropologist Edmund Carpenter, as well as with Theall himself, McLuhan's first doctoral student. McLuhan emerges as a complex human being, at once attractive, witty, egotistic, and exasperating. Theall examines McLuhan's many roles - proponent of a poetic method; pop guru adopted by Tom Wolfe, Woody Allen and others; North American precursor of French theory ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
Number of Pages
326
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773531543
SKU
V9780773531543
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About Donald F. Theall
Donald F. Theall is professor emeritus and former president of Trent University. He is the author of The Medium Is the Rear View Mirror: Understanding McLuhan.
Reviews for Virtual Marshall Mcluhan
"Theall has done something no previous biographical study of McLuhan had adequately accomplished - he has provided us with an intimate and informed look at McLuhan's sources, especially those in literature." Paul Heyer, School of Communication, Simon Fraser University "Theall breaks new ground and provides extensive, fresh material. He offers fascinating insights into McLuhan's overall project through his examination of ... Read more