An exciting literary fusion of fandom and feminism, Swifterature captures the special connection between English literature and the worldwide phenomenon of Taylor Swift.
Swifterature captures a unique fusion of different elements: fandom, feminism, and a defense of both literature and popular culture.
The narrative is split into thirteen chapters that use Swift's lyrics as departure points. The reader experiences the inspiring influence of English literature as Swift’s lens breathes new vitality and urgency into older texts. McCausland also writes about her own experiences as she copes with intense media scrutiny and is forced to defend her academic integrity.
She argues that Swift, through her self-conscious engagement with classic works of literature and her extraordinary popularity, invites us to reflect not only on the culture of our past but also of our present. Swifterature shows how Swift’s place on the world’s stage can teach us about many things, from feminism to politics, nature to childhood. In the process the book makes a compelling case that studying Taylor Swift also turns us into better readers, not only of literature but of ourselves and each other.
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Popular Culture in ArtTable of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Foreword: Dear Readers
- Chapter 1: The Stories of Us: Writing About Writing
- Chapter 2: Who’s Taylor Swift Anyway: Controversy and the Canon
- Chapter 3: Why We’re Still Singing Along: Swift and Style
- Chapter 4: Nothing New: Inspiration, Creation, and Anxiety
- Chapter 5: No One Knows What to Say: Death, Grief, and Elegy
- Chapter 6: Call It What You Want: Reputation, Interpretation, and Control
- Chapter 7: This Ain’t a Fairy Tale: Chivalry and the Dream of Romance
- Chapter 8: False Gods and Crimson Clover: Love, War, and Worship
- Chapter 9: They’ll Tell You I’m Insane: The Madwoman
- Chapter 10: Out of the Woods: Writing Nature
- Chapter 11: Bad Blood: The Villain, the Victim, Ghosts, and the Gothic
- Chapter 12: I’m the Problem, It’s Me: The Anti-Hero
- Chapter 13: A Book Covered in Cobwebs: Adaptation and Afterlives
- Discussion Questions
- Books to Put Beside Your Bed: Reading List
- Playlist of Songs
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Index
- Copyright
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