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Literary celebrity in Canada.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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Literary celebrity in Canada.

York, Lorraine.

U. of Toronto Press

2007

200 pages

$35.00

Hardcover

PS8061

York (English and cultural studies, McMaster U., Canada) examines the dynamics of celebrity in terms of Canadian authors who have achieved international success, considering whether there is a specifically Canadian reaction to fame. Using case studies of Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, Carol Shields, and earlier authors Pauline Johnson, Stephen Leacock, Mazo de la Roche, and Lucy Maud Montgomery, she discusses how each ...

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