Taylor Swift opens ‘the lakes’, a bonus track from her 2020 album folklore, with the line ‘is it romantic’, and then goes on to pun about William Wordsworth and allude to the British Romantic poets, who were known for being inspired by the Lake District. However, it’s not actually Swift’s most Romantic song — not… Continue reading The peak before the prison house: Swift, Wordsworth, and the Romantic child
Tag: the tortured poets department
Coming Soon: My First Taylor Swift Book!
Straight from the tortured poets department, I am absolutely ecstatic to announce something out of my Wildest Dreams: my first TAYLOR SWIFT BOOK will be published in January! It's a collection of 46 songs - from Debut to TTPD - with annotated lyrics and accompanying literary analysis, taking a super deep dive into the poetic… Continue reading Coming Soon: My First Taylor Swift Book!
The Tortured Poets Department: a Curated Reading List, Song by Song
To cater to popular demand (two people asked me after a talk), I present to you a Taylored reading list inspired by every single song on The Tortured Poets Department, 'The Anthology'. Yes, you can find TTPD-inspired reading lists elsewhere (I like this one, from the Rogers Public Library in Arkansas), but I've tried to go beyond the obvious (Dylan Thomas) and select appropriate reading recommendations for each song, plus a general list based simply on vibes (e.g. Dark Academia), which you can find at the bottom. I'll keep this updated as I think of more recommendations, and please do add your own recs in the comments!
Swifterature 