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Author Deshaye, Joel, 1977- author.

Title The metaphor of celebrity : Canadian poetry and the public, 1955-1980 / Joel Deshaye.

Publication Info. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (264 pages)
Public relations language
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- The metaphor of celebrity -- The era of celebrity in Canadian poetry -- Becoming "too public" in the poetry of Irving Layton -- Fighting words : Layton on radio and television -- Recognition, anonymity, and Leonard Cohen's stranger music -- "I like that line because it's got my name in it" : masochistic stardom in Cohen's poetry -- Celebrity, sexuality, and the uncanny in Michael Ondaatje's The collected works of Billy the Kid -- "A razor in the body" : Ondaatje's Rat jelly and Secular love -- The magician and his public in the poetry of Gwendolyn MacEwen -- Passing and celebrity in MacEwen's The T.E. Lawrence pomes -- Conclusion: public, nation, now -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix : four tables -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Summary 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."--Publisher website.
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Subject Canadian poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Canadian poetry.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Poets, Canadian -- Public relations.
Poets, Canadian.
Canadian poetry -- 20th century -- Social aspects.
Social aspects.
Authors and readers -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
Authors and readers.
Canada.
History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Deshaye, Joel, 1977-, author. Metaphor of celebrity 9781442646612 (OCoLC)842499954
ISBN 9781442666160 (electronic book)
1442666161 (electronic book)
9781442646612
1442646616