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03728aam a2200493 i 4500 001 5ACA5710BEE311E3B118CA8BDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140408010112 008 130723t20132013onc b 001 0 eng 020 $a 1442646616 (bound) 020 $a 9781442646612 (bound) 035 $a (OCoLC)842499954 040 $a NLC $b eng $e rda $c NLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCO $d CDX $d OCLCO $d NKM $d MUU $d NDD $d TOH $d CHVBK $d UKMGB $d SILO 043 $a n-cn--- 050 4 $a PR9190.5 $b .D474 2013 055 00 $a PS8153 $b D47 2013 082 04 $a C811/.509 $2 23 100 1 $a Deshaye, Joel, $d 1977-, $e author. 245 14 $a The metaphor of celebrity : $b Canadian poetry and the public, 1955-1980 / $c Joel Deshaye. 264 1 $a Toronto ; $b University of Toronto Press, $c [2013] 300 $a 264 pages ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 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. 520 $a 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. 650 0 $a Canadian poetry $y 20th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Poets, Canadian $x Public relations. 650 0 $a Canadian poetry $y 20th century $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Authors and readers $z Canada $x History $y 20th century. 650 6 $a PoeÌsie canadienne $y 20e sieÌcle $x Histoire et critique. 650 6 $a PoeÌtes canadiens $x Relations publiques. 650 6 $a PoeÌsie canadienne $y 20e sieÌcle $x Aspect social. 650 6 $a EÌcrivains et lecteurs $z Canada $x Histoire $y 20e sieÌcle. 600 17 $a Cohen, Leonard, $d 1934- $2 gnd 600 17 $a Layton, Irving, $d 1912-2006. $2 gnd 600 17 $a MacEwen, Gwendolyn, $d 1941-1987. $2 gnd 600 17 $a Ondaatje, Michael, $d 1943- $2 gnd 650 7 $a BeruÌhmte PersoÌnlichkeit. $2 gnd 650 7 $a Englisch. $2 gnd 650 7 $a Lyrik. $2 gnd 650 7 $a Ruhm. $2 gnd 651 7 $a Kanada. $2 gnd 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231020020336.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5ACA5710BEE311E3B118CA8BDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search