Literary celebrity in Canada
By: Lorraine York.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780802092823
Subjects: 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.; Authors, Canadian (English) -- 20th century -- Biography.; Art d'écrire -- Aspect social -- Canada -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.; Écrivains canadiens-anglais -- 20e siècle -- Biographies.; Célébrités -- Canada -- Biographies.; Écrivains et lecteurs -- Canada -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.; Littérature et société -- Canada -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
Genres: Case studies.; Case studies; Biography.; Biographies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-192) and index.
Table of contents: title: Literary celebrity?; title: Earlier literary stardom in Canada; title: Margaret Atwood's "uneasy eminence" : negotiating with the famous; title: Michael Ontdaatje and the "twentieth-century game of fame"; title: "Arriving late as always" : the literary celebrity of Carol Shields; title: Walking the walk : a conclusion.