Pretty sure its to create an image or can be A influence the reader.
A hyperbole is really just an extreme exaggeration
Answer: I'd say this segment of the article will mostly attract Young Adults to adults. most teens or younger I doubt could care less what's being said here.
This type of source would be
"books of more than one volume"
It appears to be a 4-volume series regarding Southern Rock Opera. We cannot infer that its an anthology, which is a number of collected works within the same genre (such as a 70's rock greatest hits collection), and there are more than one author listed. We also do not know which edition it is.