The Gothic Tradition of The Black Dog

In this episode, we dig into one of most requested songs of late, The Black Dog. Taylor Swift mentioned in an interview that no one really understood this song, so we got Uncle Jerry on the case. Tune in to hear his take!

Works Cited:
Roland Barthes – The Death of The Author (writing.upenn.edu/~taransky/Barthes.pdf)
She Walks in Beauty – Lord Byron (poetryfoundation.org/poems/43844/she-walks-in-…)
The Hound of the Baskervilles – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – Aff Link (amzn.to/4pknz5O)
The Malleus Maleficarum – Heinrich Kramer, James Sprenger – Aff Link (amzn.to/43AFoVO)
For The Love of London Pubs – Doug Harper, Vic Norman, Andie Lafrentz – Aff Link (amzn.to/4pkojYE)
The Pub: A Cultural Institution – Pete Brown – Aff Link (amzn.to/47N2WcC)
Polysyndeton (grammarly.com/blog/rhetorical-devices/polysynd…)
Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck – Aff Link (amzn.to/4nXwoBv)
To a Mouse – Robert Burns (poetryfoundation.org/poems/43816/to-a-mouse-56…)

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