LEADER 04551nam 2200733 450 001 9910456398103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-8451-8 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442684515 035 $a(CKB)2430000000002091 035 $a(EBL)4672338 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000382212 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12084675 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000382212 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10392404 035 $a(PQKB)10225045 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00222131 035 $a(CaPaEBR)424293 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3261240 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672338 035 $a(DE-B1597)464020 035 $a(OCoLC)1013947870 035 $a(OCoLC)944177039 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442684515 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672338 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11258008 035 $a(OCoLC)958572288 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000002091 100 $a20160923h20072007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLiterary celebrity in Canada /$fLorraine York 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2007. 210 4$dİ2007 215 $a1 online resource (209 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4875-2139-1 311 $a0-8020-9282-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. Literary Celebrity? -- $t2. Earlier Literary Stardom in Canada -- $t3. Margaret Atwood's 'Uneasy Eminence': Negotiating with the Famous -- $t4. Michael Ondaatje and the 'Twentieth-Century Game of Fame' -- $t5. 'Arriving Late as Always': The Literary Celebrity of Carol Shields -- $t6. Walking the Walk: A Conclusion -- $tWorks Cited -- $tIndex 330 $aIn recent years, Canadian authors have enjoyed tremendous international success, writing novels that become Oscar-nominated films or achieve coveted success as selections for the Oprah Winfrey bookclub. Literary Celebrity in Canada is the first extended study of the dynamics of celebrity in the field of Canadian literature. Building on the argument that celebrity is a phenomenon firmly embraced by mainstream culture, Lorraine York examines it in relation to various tensions and conflicts within the literary community and beyond.Using as examples three contemporary literary celebrities, Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, and Carol Shields, and four earlier popular writers, Pauline Johnson, Stephen Leacock, Mazo de la Roche, and L.M. Montgomery, York demonstrates that individual authors respond differently to fame in ways that can be contradictory and complex. She casts doubt on the notion of a specifically Canadian response to fame. Depending on the public interpretation of a particular writer's life and work, different tensions arise in negotiating literary celebrity. Privacy versus publicity; swift success versus laborious apprenticeship; national versus international association, or ownership of the celebrity - no single version of celebrity applies to all.Citizenship, however, is a remarkably consistent site of tension for stars, literary or otherwise. Like citizenship, celebrity marks an uneasy space wherein the single, special individual and the group demographic both meet and separate. Literary Celebrity in Canada explores that space, drawing on current theories of celebrity and questioning their tendency to view fame as an empty phenomenon. This study is an innovative attempt to understand the psychology of literary stardom and will influence future research on contemporary literature and popular culture. 606 $aAuthorship$xSocial aspects$zCanada$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAuthors, Canadian$y20th century$vCase studies 606 $aCelebrities$zCanada$vCase studies 606 $aAuthors and readers$zCanada$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aLiterature and society$zCanada$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAuthorship$xSocial aspects$xHistory 615 0$aAuthors, Canadian 615 0$aCelebrities 615 0$aAuthors and readers$xHistory 615 0$aLiterature and society$xHistory 676 $aC810.9/005 700 $aYork$b Lorraine Mary$f1958-$0990082 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456398103321 996 $aLiterary celebrity in Canada$92264608 997 $aUNINA