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Taylor's Version

The Poetic and Musical Genius of Taylor Swift

Author: Stephanie Burt  

Taylor's Version
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An original exploration and celebration of Taylor Swift charting her phenomenal career, from award-winning literary critic and Harvard Professor Stephanie Burt, based on one of the world's first university courses on her music.

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An original exploration and celebration of Taylor Swift charting her phenomenal career, from award-winning literary critic and Harvard Professor Stephanie Burt, based on one of the world's first university courses on her music.

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An original exploration and celebration of Taylor Swift, the world's biggest music star, as taught by the world's most prestigious university.

Arguably the biggest star in the world, Taylor Swift's meteoric rise to fame has marked her out as a phenomenon of the music industry. Award-winning literary critic and Harvard Professor Stephanie Burt offers the first serious study of Swift that pays close attention to her talent as a songwriter first and foremost. Based on one of the world's first university courses on Taylor Swift taught at Harvard University which has garnered international attention, Burt charts the extraordinary journey from Swift's teen country debut to her most recent record-breaking achievement as the highest-grossing touring artist in the world.

Drawing from musical and cultural criticism, poetry, economic theory, American history, as well as personal experience, Burt offers an insightful critical appreciation of Swift that delves into her life, her celebrity and her artistry. She explores how Swift's music and public persona are highly intentional and reward scrutiny, how her career illuminates structures of privilege, and ultimately, what makes her body of work so important across styles, eras and generations.

Taylor's Version is a literary deep-dive into Swift as a music icon, revealing the remarkable impact of her career and how her songs - and music in general - can change lives.

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About the Author

Stephanie Burt is Donald P. and Katherine B. Loker Professor of English at Harvard University. She received a 2016 Guggenheim Fellowship for poetry, and the National Endowment for the Arts selected her book of poems Advice from the Lights as a national Big Read pick. Her work appears regularly in the New York Times Book Review, New Yorker, London Review of Books, and other journals. Her other books of poetry and literary criticism - fourteen in all - include We Are Mermaids and Don't Read Poetry: A Book About How to Read Poems. She lives in Massachusetts.

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Publisher
John Murray Press | Basic Books
Published
23rd October 2025
Pages
320
ISBN
9781399820615

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