Demonstrates how McLuhan extended insights derived from advances in physics and artistic experimentation into a theory of acoustic space which he then used to challenge the assumptions of visual space that had been produced through print culture.

Richard Cavell is a professor in the Department of English and the founding director of the International Canadian Studies Centre at the University of British Columbia.

'Cavell is one of the few analysts of McLuhan who has fully appreciated his importance as a poet, that is a verbal artist, and the importance of certain continental art and art criticism in the body of McLuhan's work. [His work contains] powerful arguments for McLuhan['s] ... impact on art, writing, and the newer arts in Canada and elsewhere.'

Imre Szeman, Department of English, McMaster University:

'Cavell is one of the few analysts of McLuhan who has fully appreciated his importance as a poet, that is a verbal artist, and the importance of certain continental art and art criticism in the body of McLuhan's work. [His work contains] powerful arguments for McLuhan['s] ... impact on art, writing, and the newer arts in Canada and elsewhere.'

Sue Bowness:

'Cavell has done us a particular favour - not only does the book walk us exhaustively through the ways in which McLuhan's theories relate to space, but it also acts as a refresher on the oeuvre itself. Cavell considers the ways in which McLuhan influenced and was influenced by fellow scholars, artistic contemporaries and students (Harold Innis, Northrop Frye, Walter Ong) and the connections between McLuhan's theories and artistic works being produced by avant-garde artists such as bpNichol and Glenn Gould.'

Christoph Irmscher:

'Cavell has done us a particular favour - not only does the book walk us exhaustively through the ways in which McLuhan's theories relate to space, but it also acts as a refresher on the oeuvre itself. Cavell considers the ways in which McLuhan influenced and was influenced by fellow scholars, artistic contemporaries and students (Harold Innis, Northrop Frye, Walter Ong) and the connections between McLuhan's theories and artistic works being produced by avant-garde artists such as bpNichol and Glenn Gould.'