The Classical Trivium: The Place of Thomas Nashe in the

The Classical Trivium: The Place of Thomas Nashe in the Learning of His Time

In this previously unpublished work, a young Marshall McLuhan, as cultural historian, illuminates the com- plexities of the classical trivium, provides the first ever close reading of the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.
Country USA
Brand Gingko Press
Manufacturer Gingko Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 8880839
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781584232353
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

The Classical Trivium: The Place of Thomas Nashe in the Learning of His Time