Letters of Marshall McLuhan (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Marshall McLuhan
- First Published: 1987
- Type of Work: Letters
- Time of Work: 1911-1980
- Setting: Principally Canada, England, and the United States
- Principal Characters: Marshall Mcluhan, Elsie Mcluhan, Maurice Mcluhan, Walter Ong, Wyndham Lewis, Ezra Pound, Pierre Elliott Trudeau
- Genres: Nonfiction, Letters
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s, Philosophy or philosophers, Twentieth century, 1940’s, 1910’s, 1920’s, 1930’s, 1980’s, Mass media
- Locales: United States, England, Canada
One of the seminal insights of Marshall McLuhan was that the media, through their presentations, created a new and different sort of reality. In the 1960's and 1970's, there were few names more widely found in the media, coupled with both praise and blame, than that of McLuhan. Since his death, however, his name has faded from public—and media—consciousness. Informed of this fact, McLuhan would undoubtedly have cited it as further evidence of the correctness of his insights.
It must be said at the outset that reading these letters will not help much in explaining the...
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