One of the best literary analysis attempts…put into a black, gangster style framework…ls Thug Notes. You can see all 100 liternary analysis here.
youtube.com/watch?v=Tw9q2P2N028&list=PLghL9V9QTN0jTgA1qrhWrBCB_Ln4xlVlB
And, Yes. Sparky Sweets, does have a PhD, as this Wiki article articulates: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thug_Notes
Let me quote from the Wiki article:
I thought it might be interesting, to see his presentation of Dante’s Inferno