This dissertation is about representations of celebrity in poetry written in English by Canadian authors from around 1955 to 1980. These years span what I call the era of celebrity in Canadian poetry. During that era, four poets who experienced celebrity also wrote about it in their poetry: Irving Layton, Leonard Cohen, Michael Ondaatje, and Gwendolyn MacEwen. Although the degree of celebrity differed for each poet, they all wrote seriously about its consequences. For Layton, celebrity threatened his freedoms of expression and self-definition. Cohen was also concerned about freedom but implied that celebrity was slavery to which masochists submitted themselves. Ondaatje's interest was in both celebrities and legendary figures who tried to r...
grantor: University of TorontoThis study focuses on Canadian writers who choose to frame t...
Theoretical thesis.Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-302).Introduction -- Chapter 1. Li...
This dissertation unites a diverse group of Canadian poets who all fell silent for a prolonged perio...
During the intense years of Irving Layton’s and Leonard Cohen’s celebrity, they engaged in a pointed...
The history of Leonard Cohen’s career over the last sixty years is also a reflection of the developm...
This dissertation examines the roles of Pauline Johnson, Dorothy Livesay, and Dionne Brand in the ev...
In The T.E. Lawrence Poems (1982), the Canadian poet Gwendolyn MacEwen writes in the voice of the ma...
This dissertation differs from previous research in that it suggests the continuity of Canadian poet...
This thesis examines Leonard Cohen’s postmodern novel Beautiful Losers (1966). It considers the nove...
Although there is a wide spectrum of contemporary works of literature currently available that impli...
The central idea of this study is an examination of the transformation of the image of the poet in ...
Montreal is a fictional confession narrative, set in 1993, exploring themes of trauma, class and gui...
Visual and conceptual poetry became significant practices in Canada in the late 1950s and 1960s as p...
textThis dissertation examines poets’ public performances in order to understand the social role of ...
In this dissertation, I examine how the themes of memory, storytelling, and the construction of nar...
grantor: University of TorontoThis study focuses on Canadian writers who choose to frame t...
Theoretical thesis.Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-302).Introduction -- Chapter 1. Li...
This dissertation unites a diverse group of Canadian poets who all fell silent for a prolonged perio...
During the intense years of Irving Layton’s and Leonard Cohen’s celebrity, they engaged in a pointed...
The history of Leonard Cohen’s career over the last sixty years is also a reflection of the developm...
This dissertation examines the roles of Pauline Johnson, Dorothy Livesay, and Dionne Brand in the ev...
In The T.E. Lawrence Poems (1982), the Canadian poet Gwendolyn MacEwen writes in the voice of the ma...
This dissertation differs from previous research in that it suggests the continuity of Canadian poet...
This thesis examines Leonard Cohen’s postmodern novel Beautiful Losers (1966). It considers the nove...
Although there is a wide spectrum of contemporary works of literature currently available that impli...
The central idea of this study is an examination of the transformation of the image of the poet in ...
Montreal is a fictional confession narrative, set in 1993, exploring themes of trauma, class and gui...
Visual and conceptual poetry became significant practices in Canada in the late 1950s and 1960s as p...
textThis dissertation examines poets’ public performances in order to understand the social role of ...
In this dissertation, I examine how the themes of memory, storytelling, and the construction of nar...
grantor: University of TorontoThis study focuses on Canadian writers who choose to frame t...
Theoretical thesis.Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-302).Introduction -- Chapter 1. Li...
This dissertation unites a diverse group of Canadian poets who all fell silent for a prolonged perio...