Palgrave Studies in Music and Literature
Taylor Swift: The Storyteller
Jessica Seymour
Literary Criticism / Modern / General
Taylor Swift has spent two decades turning her life into song. Across more than 270 tracks, eleven albums, and dozens of reinventions and re-recordings, she has created one of the most compelling bodies of autobiographical writing in contemporary popular culture.
Taylor Swift: The Storyteller explores Swift's entire catalogue as a single, evolving work of creative non-fiction. From first love and heartbreak, to fame and identity, to self-invention and the art of writing itself, this book examines the storytelling techniques that shape Swift's lyrical memoir. It also uncovers the web of literary, cultural, and self-referential allusions woven throughout her discography, revealing how each album builds upon the last to create a rich, cyclical narrative.
Whether you're a devoted Swiftie, a student of popular culture, or fascinated by the art of storytelling, this book offers a fresh perspective on one of the defining songwriters of the twenty-first century and the remarkable memoir she continues to write.
Jessica Seymour is an Australian researcher and lecturer at Fukuoka University, Japan. Her primary research interests lie in literature and writing, but Jessica has published on topics ranging from film and television studies, fan studies (specifically fanart and prosumer practices), adaptations, transmedia webseries, podcasts, and popular musicals. Since 2012, Jessica has published over two dozen peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, edited three collections of peer-reviewed scholarship, and co-edited a special issue of TEXT Journal titled ‘Why YA? Researching, writing and publishing YA fiction in Australasia’.
| Publication Date: |
06 February 2027 |
| Publisher: |
Springer Nature Switzerland |
| Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan |
| ISBN-13: |
9783032352262 |
| Format: |
Hardback |