Marshall McLuhan (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: W. Terrence Gordon
- First Published: 1997
- Type of Work: Biography
- Time of Work: 1911-1979
- Principal Characters: Herbert Marshall McLuhan, Corinne Lewis McLuhan, Eric McLuhan, Edmund Carpenter, Quentin Fiore
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Culture, Language or languages, Communication, Canada or Canadians, Reading, Television or television broadcasting, Filmmaking or filmmakers, Radio or radio broadcasting
For a time, it seemed as if Marshall McLuhan had experienced the inevitable trajectory of modern fame: early years of academic preparation and semi-obscurity, followed by a sudden rise and brief prominence, and then a fall into oblivion with no influence left on those to come. The comet had flashed, the world had wondered, and then it was over.
McLuhan’s major publications, with their revealing subtitles and their dates, seem to confirm the story. His first work, The Mechanical Bride: Folklore of Industrial Man (1951), was published in 1951 and not followed until 1962 by...
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