The Metaphor of Celebrity : : Canadian Poetry and the Public, 1955-1980 / / Joel Deshaye.
The Metaphor of Celebrity is an exploration of the significance of literary celebrity in Canadian poetry. It focuses on the lives and writing of four widely recognized authors who wrote about stardom - Leonard Cohen, Michael Ondaatje, Irving Layton, and Gwendolyn MacEwen - and the specific moments i...
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Deshaye, Joel, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Metaphor of Celebrity : Canadian Poetry and the Public, 1955-1980 / Joel Deshaye. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017] ©2013 1 online resource (272 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Metaphor of Celebrity -- 2. The Era of Celebrity in Canadian Poetry -- 3. Becoming "Too Public" in the Poetry of Irving Layton -- 4. Fighting Words : Layton on Radio and Television -- 5. Recognition, Anonymity, and Leonard Cohen's Stranger Music -- 6. "I like that line because it's got my name in it": Masochistic Stardom in Cohen's Poetry -- 7. Celebrity, Sexuality, and the Uncanny in Michael Ondaatje's The Collected Works of Billy the Kid -- 8. "A Razor in the Body": Ondaatje's Rat Jelly and Secular Love -- 9. The Magician and His Public in the Poetry of Gwendolyn MacEwen -- 10. Passing and Celebrity in MacEwen's The T.E. Lawrence Poems -- Conclusion: Public, Nation, Now -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: Four Tables -- Notes -- References -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star The Metaphor of Celebrity is an exploration of the significance of literary celebrity in Canadian poetry. It focuses on the lives and writing of four widely recognized authors who wrote about stardom - Leonard Cohen, Michael Ondaatje, Irving Layton, and Gwendolyn MacEwen - and the specific moments in Canadian history that affected the ways in which they were received by the broader public.Joel Deshaye elucidates the relationship between literary celebrity and metaphor in the identity crises of celebrities, who must try to balance their public and private selves in the face of considerable publicity. He also examines the ways in which celebrity in Canadian poetry developed in a unique way in light of the significant cultural events of the decades between 1950 and 1980, including the Massey Commission, the flourishing of Canadian publishing, and the considerable interest in poetry in the 1960s and 1970s, which was followed by a rapid fall from public grace, as poetry was overwhelmed by greater popular interest in Canadian novels. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Aug 2021) Authors and readers Canada History 20th century. Canadian poetry 20th century History and criticism. Canadian poetry 20th century Social aspects. Poets, Canadian Public relations. DISCOUNT-B. LITERARY CRITICISM / Canadian. bisacsh print 9781442646612 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442666160 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442666160 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781442666160.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Metaphor of Celebrity -- 2. The Era of Celebrity in Canadian Poetry -- 3. Becoming "Too Public" in the Poetry of Irving Layton -- 4. Fighting Words : Layton on Radio and Television -- 5. Recognition, Anonymity, and Leonard Cohen's Stranger Music -- 6. "I like that line because it's got my name in it": Masochistic Stardom in Cohen's Poetry -- 7. Celebrity, Sexuality, and the Uncanny in Michael Ondaatje's The Collected Works of Billy the Kid -- 8. "A Razor in the Body": Ondaatje's Rat Jelly and Secular Love -- 9. The Magician and His Public in the Poetry of Gwendolyn MacEwen -- 10. Passing and Celebrity in MacEwen's The T.E. Lawrence Poems -- Conclusion: Public, Nation, Now -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: Four Tables -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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