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Author York, Lorraine Mary, 1958-

Title Literary celebrity in Canada / Lorraine York
Published Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 200 pages)
Contents Literary celebrity? -- Earlier literary stardom in Canada -- Margaret Atwood's "uneasy eminence" : negotiating with the famous -- Michael Ontdaatje and the "twentieth-century game of fame" -- "Arriving late as always" : the literary celebrity of Carol Shields -- Walking the walk : a conclusion
Summary Literary Celebrity in Canada explores that space, drawing on current theories of celebrity and questioning their tendency to view fame as an empty phenomenon
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-192) and index
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Subject Authorship -- Social aspects -- Canada -- History -- 20th century
Authors, Canadian -- 20th century -- Case studies
Celebrities -- Canada -- Case studies
Authors and readers -- Canada -- History -- 20th century
Literature and society -- Canada -- History -- 20th century
Celebrities -- Canada -- Biography
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Canadian.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
Authors and readers
Authors, Canadian
Authorship -- Social aspects
Celebrities
Literature and society
Canada
Genre/Form Electronic books
Biographies
Case studies
History
Form Electronic book
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