Taylor Swift by the Book
The Literature behind the Lyrics, from Fairy Tales to Tortured Poets
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Tiffany Tatreau
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Rachel Feder
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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.
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- @TManning
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Fascinating!!
I’m usually a Romantasy listener and not much for non-fiction but I’m also a lifelong Swiftie. So this deep dive into the literature that inspires her songwriting had me intrigued from beginning to end.
Not only do the authors go album by album and song by song discussing the possible references but they place the albums and songs based on literature eras with recommendations of books and songs for each era.
Now I’m a learned reader. I took AP English in high school and have been a voracious reader all my life but this was a masterclass in literary history that I just found fascinating and very enjoyable.
The narrator and co-author gives an excellent performance of very well researched and organized material on Taylor’s work.
I highly recommend this work for any Swiftie or lover of literature!
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