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Book SynopsisThe Metaphor of Celebrity is an exploration of the significance of literary celebrity in Canadian poetry.
Trade Review'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
Table of ContentsIntroduction 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 (fig. 1-4) Works Cited Notes
