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In this previously unpublished work, a young Marshall McLuhan, as cultural historian, illuminates the complexities of the classical trivium, provides the first ever close reading of the enigmatic Elizabethan writer Thomas Nashe, and implicitly challenges the reader to accept a new blueprint for literary education.
Ideas that would ground McLuhan's media analysis of the 1960s and 70s are here in embryo, as he sets out in scrupulous detail the role of grammar (interpretation), dialectic, and rhetoric in classical learning. Under McLuhan's scholarly microscope, the internal dynamics of the trivium and its purpose are revealed. As is its indispensable role in giving full due to the rich prose of Thomas Nashe.
In ranging over literature from Cicero to the sixteenth century, McLuhan discovers the source and significance of multiple traditions in Nashe s writings. Here, more than half a century after it was written, is a fresh, insightful, and richly coherent framework for studying Nashe and an unequivocal call for a program of education based on the ambitious and lofty ideal of reintegrating the classical trivium. ... Read more

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the essential roots of McLuhan
Thank you, Gingko Press.Here finally are the roots of all that followed, the back story of every judgment or cryptic comment McLuhan ever made.Here is the restless, rash scholar as young Turk, inventing for himself a necessary intellectual history to place Thomas Nashe in his proper context- and what McLuhan quickly recognized was that this history bears continually on all cultural transformations.Here is the scholarship the academics said McLuhan lacked; rather he shows where the scholars themselves were lacking, and why he abandoned their methods in favor of Joyce, Eliot, et al, a way of living in and experiencing any present with both understanding and electric immediacy.Some of this appears in a very compressed manner in Eric McLuhan's 'The Role of Thunder in Finnegans Wake'; it is developedmore slowly in this book.Here McLuhan defined the struggle between art and science as between rhetoric and dialectic.Here is Mcluhan the patristic scholar showing that conservative theology does not mean ossified or dialectical; it means having at hand all the rich tools of the tradition with which to renew the present (remember, this is during the time when de Lubac, who tread the same waters, was under censure). Here McLuhan discovered percept in a living Trivium where dialectic was balanced by rhetoric.The war is indeed in the Word. . .

A "must-read" book, especially for college library shelves and students of classical literature and philosophy
The Classical Trivium: The Place Of Thomas Nashe In The Learning Of His Time is a previously unpublished work of the late Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980), presenting the story of western literary culture from antiquity to the Elizabethan age. Examining the divisions of classical Rhetoric, Grammar, and Dialectic, in a strategy that he would later refine in his media analysis of the 1960s and 70s, The Classical Trivium, he connects the roots of ancient philosophy with modern-day interpretive and evaluative techniques. More than a half-century after it was written, The Classical Trivium remains a superb lens through which to examine the traditions of Elizabethan writer Thomas Nashe. Divided into four chapters, three devoted to sections of The Trivium and the fourth to Thomas Nashe himself, The Classical Trivium is a "must-read" book, especially for college library shelves and students of classical literature and philosophy.
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The book may have numerous typos or missing text. It is not illustrated or indexed. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website. You can also preview the book there.Purchasers are also entitled to a trial membership in the publisher's book club where they can select from more than a million books for free.Original Publisher: Printed for private circulation only Publication date: 1884Subjects: Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh ... Read more

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Title: Getting it back to front in 1590: Spenser's dedications, Nashe's insinuations, and Ralegh's equivocations.(Edmund Spenser, Walter Raleigh, Thomas Nashe)
Author: Andrew Zurcher
Publication: Studies in the Literary Imagination (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2005
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Volume: 38Issue: 2Page: 173(67)

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In Three Volumes. This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature. ... Read more

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Chapters: Gráinne Ní Mháille, John Dee, Marocco, Luís Vaz de Torres, Thomas Nashe, Fritz Cronman, William Kempe, Henry Chettle, Agnes Leslie, Countess of Morton, Santi Di Tito, Pedro Pizarro, Hazrat Sakhi Shah Chan Charagh, William Fulbecke, Richard Day, Giovanni Antonio Dosio, Arthur Golding, Nicolas de La Grotte, Thomas North, Paolo Farinati, Hans Vredeman de Vries, Juan Fernández, Abraham de Boton, Richard Allison, Geoffrey Whitney, Telli Hasan Pasha, Cornelis Corneliszoon, Juan de Arphe Y Villafañe, Julien Perrichon, John Farmer, Cesare Vecellio, Giacomo Del Duca, Giovanni Balducci, William Tisdale, John Stewart of Baldynneis, Jorge de Cabedo, Francesco Terzi, Thomas Hudson, Jakub Polak, Cesare Negri, Siyâvash, Cyprian Bazylik. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 161. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: John Dee (13 July 15271608 or 1609) was a noted mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, occultist, navigator, imperialist, and consultant to Queen Elizabeth I. He devoted much of his life to the study of alchemy, divination, and Hermetic philosophy. Dee straddled the worlds of science and magic just as they were becoming distinguishable. One of the most learned men of his age, he had been invited to lecture on advanced algebra at the University of Paris while still in his early twenties. Dee was an ardent promoter of mathematics and a respected astronomer, as well as a leading expert in navigation, having trained many of those who would conduct England's voyages of discovery. In one of several tracts which Dee wrote in the 1580s encouraging British exploratory expeditions in search of the Northwest Passage, he appears to have coined (or at least introduced into print) the term "British Empire." Simultaneously with these efforts, Dee immersed himself in the worlds of magic, astrology, ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=8457942 ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 2; Original Publisher: Printed for private circulation only; Publication date: 1884; Subjects: Drama / General; Drama / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Drama / Shakespeare; Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 5; Original Publisher: Printed for private circulation only; Publication date: 1884; Subjects: Drama / General; Drama / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Drama / Shakespeare; Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 3; Original Publisher: Printed for private circulation only; Publication date: 1884; Subjects: Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Modern Language Review, published by Thomson Gale on October 1, 2006. The length of the article is 6837 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Ovid and the 'free play with signs' in Thomas Nashe's The Unfortunate Traveller.(Critical essay)
Author: Anthony Ossa-Richardson
Publication: The Modern Language Review (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2006
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Volume: 101Issue: 4Page: 945(13)

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