William Harmon

Academic / Scholar

American · 20th-21st century

American literary scholar and co-author of A Handbook to Literature, a comprehensive reference work of literary terms used by Uncle Jerry throughout the podcast.

Connection to Taylor Swift

His handbook provides the literary-critical vocabulary used to identify and name the devices Taylor deploys in her songwriting, including catalogue poem, epizeuxis, polyptoton, and tautological expression.

Notable Works

  • A Handbook to Literature (with Hugh Holman)