Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve: What the Numbers Reveal About the Classics, Bestsellers, and Our Own Writing by Ben Blatt

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


A nice introduction to digital humanities of literature, using techniques like word frequency, word count, and so on. Given that digital humanities has been on the up and up for more than a decade by now, it's nice to read through this very engaging introduction (with nice graphics as well!). The point of statistics is not to replace literary analysis, but to be part of a group of tools that can contribute to and enhance analysis.



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