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Book by Douglas Coupland

Marshall McLuhan is a biography written by Canadian author Douglas Coupland as a part of Penguin Canada'sExtraordinary Canadians series.

It was published in March 2011 in the US by Atlas & Company under the title, "Marshall McLuhan: You Know Nothing of my Work!".^[1] The American edition omits the preface describing the Extraordinary Canadians series by John Ralston Saul.

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Style

This biography uses many stylistic writing techniques to make both Marshall McLuhan and his ideas relatable to the reader of this biography. The biography follows McLuhan's life from his youth in Winnipeg, through his schooling at Cambridge, and to his founding of the Media Studies program at the University of Toronto.

The biography features prominent sections in which the author reflects on how his life and his ideas relate to Marshall McLuhan. From old family connections, to influences of his later works lik