Gutenberg made all history SIMULTANEOUS: the transportable book … — “Five Sovereign Fingers Taxed the Breath”, in Shenandoah the Washington and Lee University Review, Vol VI No. 1, Autumn (1955), p 51, reprinted in Explorations 4, (1955), p 32 later reprinted in Explorations in communication: an Anthology (1960), p 208, Also appears in alternative contexts and formats as part of Verbi-Voco-visual Explorations, (1967), Counter Blast (1969), p 15, Essential McLuhan (1995), pages 210 and 286

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Gutenberg made all history SIMULTANEOUS: the transportable book brought the world of the dead into the space of the gentleman’s library; the telegraph brought the entire world of the living to the workman’s breakfast table.

“Five Sovereign Fingers Taxed the Breath”, in Shenandoah the Washington and Lee University Review, Vol VI No. 1, Autumn (1955), p 51, reprinted in Explorations 4, (1955), p 32 later reprinted in Explorations in communication: an Anthology (1960), p 208, Also appears in alternative contexts and formats as part of Verbi-Voco-visual Explorations, (1967), Counter Blast (1969), p 15, Essential McLuhan (1995), pages 210 and 286

Quote #693

Year: 1955

Chapter: Book

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