The handwriting is on the celluloid walls of Hollywood; the Age … — “Five Sovereign Fingers Taxed the Breath”, in Shenandoah The Washington And Lee University Review, Vol. VII, No. 1, Autumn (1955), p 51, reprinted in Explorations 4, (1955), p 32, Explorations in communication: an anthology (1960), p 207-208, Also appears in alternative format as part of Verbi-Voco-visual Explorations, (1967), Counter Blast (1969), p 14, Essential McLuhan (1995), p 210

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The handwriting is on the celluloid walls of Hollywood; the Age of Writing has passed. We must invent a NEW METAPHOR, restructure our thoughts and feelings.

“Five Sovereign Fingers Taxed the Breath”, in Shenandoah The Washington And Lee University Review, Vol. VII, No. 1, Autumn (1955), p 51, reprinted in Explorations 4, (1955), p 32, Explorations in communication: an anthology (1960), p 207-208, Also appears in alternative format as part of Verbi-Voco-visual Explorations, (1967), Counter Blast (1969), p 14, Essential McLuhan (1995), p 210

Quote #6894

Year: 1955

Chapters: Today’s Transition | Writing

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