The poet Ezra Pound understood that the telegraphic mosaic of ne… — “The Argument: Causality in the Electric World”, in Technology and Culture, Vol.14, No. 1, January (1973), p 12, reprinted in McLuhan Unbound # 3, (2005), p 20

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The poet Ezra Pound understood that the telegraphic mosaic of news items and headlines was an organization of experience that bridged the ancient Oriental and Western forms. In his ABC of Reading.

“The Argument: Causality in the Electric World”, in Technology and Culture, Vol.14, No. 1, January (1973), p 12, reprinted in McLuhan Unbound # 3, (2005), p 20

Quote #5468

Year: 1973

Chapter: Poe, Edgar Allan