Metaphor of Celebrity

Canadian Poetry and the Public, 1955-1980

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2013-09-10
Mått160 x 236 x 25 mm
Vikt560 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor272
FörlagUniversity of Toronto Press
ISBN9781442646612

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Introduction1. The Metaphor of Celebrity2. The Era of Celebrity in Canadian Poetry3. Becoming “Too Public” in the Poetry of Irving Layton4. Fighting Words: Layton on Radio and Television5. Recognition, Anonymity, and Leonard Cohen’s Stranger Music6. “I like that line because it’s got my name in it”: Masochistic Stardom in Cohen’s Poetry7. Celebrity, Sexuality, and the Uncanny in Michael Ondaatje’s The Collected Works of Billy the Kid8. “A Razor in the Body”: Ondaatje’s Rat Jelly and Secular Love9. The Magician and His Public in the Poetry of Gwendolyn MacEwen10. Passing and Celebrity in MacEwen’s The T.E. Lawrence Poems Conclusion: Public, Nation, NowAcknowledgmentsAppendix: Four Tables (fig. 1-4)Works CitedNotes

‘The Metaphor of Celebrity is an engrossing read because of the balance that the text strikes…That I am left for wanting more of the text is, from my point of view, an excellent challenge to the writer.’- Kit Dobson (English Studies in Canada, vol 40:2-3: 2015) ‘A book that can and will act as a critical touchstone as celebrity continues to evolve and involve itself in the “literariness” and visibility texts.’- Owen Percy (Canadian Literature 223 / winter 2014)