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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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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