{"product_id":"the-literary-taylor-swift-9798765104552","title":"The Literary Taylor Swift","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTaylor Swift, arguably the most prolific and acclaimed singer-songwriter of the 21st century, has shaped her listeners’ collective consciousness and challenged her industry’s often limiting attitudes toward genre, revision, and collaboration.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough Swift is a perennial subject in the media, cast in both a positive and a negative light, few professional scholars have considered her ever-growing body of work. \u003cem\u003eThe Literary Taylor Swift\u003c\/em\u003e examines Swift’s significance and timeliness through literary analysis and theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTaylor Swift has been celebrated for her ability to craft immersive narratives and to articulate, with lyrical acuity, a broad range of emotional experiences. Her lyrics underscore her profound relationship with text. \u003cem\u003eThe Literary Taylor Swift\u003c\/em\u003e explores Swift’s engagements, intertextual and otherwise, with literature and treats her songs as literature—as, that is, stories, poems, and other textual forms to which literary-critical theories and methodologies can and should be productively applied.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection offers carefully curated arguments constellated around four key relationships: Swift and the literary-historical canon; Swift and the language of gender and sexuality; Swift and the relationship between writing and memory; and Swift and the nature of literary craft.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47496609792236,"sku":"9798765104552","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9798765104552-the-literary-taylor-swift.jpg?v=1775799487","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-literary-taylor-swift-9798765104552","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}