Taylor Swift By the Book : The Literature Behind the Lyrics, From Sappho to Sylvia Plath

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Blackstone Publishing, 2025
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EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 50 min.)) : digital

ISBN/ISSN
9798874808730 MWT16979395, 16979395
LANGUAGE
English
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Read by Tiffany Tatreau

From the childhood nostalgia of "Peter Pan" in "Speak Now" to the haunted halls of Rebecca in Evermore, Taylor Swift's lyrics are packed with literary connections. Make sure you're catching them all with this expert guide to the novels, poems, and plays that influenced her songwriting. Let a literature professor and a musical theater artist guide you through the Swift canon-from Shakespeare to Dickinson to the Brontë sisters. Learn what "New Romantics" has to do with the old Romantics, get to know the Gothic monsters haunting Midnights, spot Taylor's many Great Gatsby references, and brush up on your tortured poets! Packed with fun facts, entertaining analysis, and literary-themed playlists that fans will love, "Taylor Swift by the Book" will turn anyone from a Taylor Swift lover into a Taylor Swift scholar

Mode of access: World Wide Web

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