The Illusion of Liberation in Babylon | The Swiftie and The Scholar

Buckle up, y’all. We’ve got a beefy one for you today! We’re tackling Babylon from Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore. I think we all knew this one would give Uncle Jerry plenty to think about and chew on and teach from, and he did not disappoint. Maybe grab your breakfast or dinner and a nice beverage and get comfy, because this is our longest episode yet. *Links with an asterisk are affiliate links, which allow us to make a small commission on your purchase at no cost to you. Thanks so much for your support! Works Cited: The Autobiography of Red – Anne Carson *Amazon: https://link.amazon/B02NhpEx6 *Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/113665/9780375701290 Angela’s Reaction Video – The Encore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PvSdNoPbxU Professing Literature: An Institutional History – Gerald Graff *Amazon: https://link.amazon/B09nGPu1g *Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/113665/9780226305592 Ancient Babylon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon What Does "Mene, Mene, Tekel, Parsin" Mean?: https://zondervanacademic.com/blog/mene-mene-tekel-parsin Ozymandias – Percy Bysshe Shelley: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46565/ozymandias Babylon (2022): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10640346/ Hemingway’s Iceberg Theory: https://huntingthemuse.net/library/hemingways-iceberg-theory Wild Things (1998): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120890/ Where The Wild Things Are – Maurice Sendak *Amazon: https://link.amazon/B01adFLtV *Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/113665/9780060254926 Wild Thing – The Troggs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSWInYFVksg The Libertine (2004): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375920/ Onomatopoeia: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/education/glossary/onomatopoeia Metonymy: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/education/glossary/metonymy Logos, Pathos, Ethos: https://www.lsu.edu/hss/english/files/university_writing_files/item35402.pdf Dramatic Irony: https://www.britannica.com/art/dramatic-irony Miniver Cheevy – Edwin Arlington Robinson: https://poets.org/poem/miniver-cheevy The Swiftie and The Scholar Grading Matrix: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fnP9Eoffzj1LWvQWstsaL5K1Q2eXiSoJUvNRaqcUpEY/edit?usp=sharing Follow Us: Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheSwiftieandTheScholar Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/SwiftieAndScholarPod/ ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@swiftieandscholarpod ⁠⁠Instagram https://www.instagram.com/swiftieandscholarpod/ Angela’s Instagram⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/angelawyattmcdow Uncle Jerry’s Instagram https://www.instagram.com/drunclejerry/ Angela’s YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@angelawyattmcdow