{"product_id":"the-metaphor-of-celebrity-9781442646612","title":"The Metaphor of Celebrity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Metaphor of Celebrity is an exploration of the significance of literary celebrity in Canadian poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction  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","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408368902487,"sku":"9781442646612","price":37.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442646612.jpg?v=1730502644","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-metaphor-of-celebrity-9781442646612","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}