I Would Very Much Like to be Excluded from this Narrative: Words vs. Truth in Don't YouTaylor Swift scholar presents a close reading of Don't You.
What's in a Name: Antonomasia in Mr. Perfectly FineSwift has clearly not forgotten Mr. Perfectly Fine yet, but she claims power for herself by replacing his name with twenty-eight sick burns.
Both an Entrance and an Exit: Derridean Deconstruction in The Other Side of the DoorSwift says “I might tell you that its over but if you look a little closer…” Like Derrida, she believes that language must be deconstructed.
Saint Stephen I just wrote you a paean: Signifier and signified in Hey Stephen Swift, a philosopher of language, explores the relationship between a name and what it signifies by fully exploring the meaning of 'Stephen'