The metaphor of celebrity : Canadian poetry and the public, 1955-1980 /
Deshaye, Joel, 1977-,
The metaphor of celebrity : Canadian poetry and the public, 1955-1980 / Joel Deshaye. - Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (264 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
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 --
9781442666160
Canadian poetry--History and criticism.--20th century
Poets, Canadian--Public relations.
Canadian poetry--Social aspects.--20th century
Authors and readers--History--Canada--20th century.
Electronic Books.
PR9190 / .M483 2013
The metaphor of celebrity : Canadian poetry and the public, 1955-1980 / Joel Deshaye. - Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (264 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
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 --
9781442666160
Canadian poetry--History and criticism.--20th century
Poets, Canadian--Public relations.
Canadian poetry--Social aspects.--20th century
Authors and readers--History--Canada--20th century.
Electronic Books.
PR9190 / .M483 2013