Marshall McLuhan and Northrop Frye : apocalypse and alchemy

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Author:

Powe, B. W. (Bruce W.), 1955- author.

Publication Date:

2014

Publication Information:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2014]

Physical Description:

xi, 354 pages ; 24 cm.

ISBN:

9781442648111

Contents:

Prologue: the juncture of Marshall McLuhan and Northrop Frye in 1946 -- Intentions and overview: Apocalypse and alchemy in McLuhan and Frye -- Presences and signatures: these figures in their ground -- Critical conflict between McLuhan and Frye -- Harmonies in two seers: Orchestrations and complementarities -- Alchemy: synergy in the thinking of McLuhan and Frye -- The lessons of two teachers: guidance and signs.

Personal Subject:

McLuhan, Marshall, 1911-1980.

Frye, Northrop, 1912-1991.

McLuhan, Marshall, 1911-1980-Criticism and interpretation.

Frye, Northrop, 1912-1991-Criticism and interpretation.

Subject Term:

Mass media specialists -- Canada -- Biography.

Critics -- Canada -- Biography.

Mass media and culture.

Criticism.

Humanism.

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