Description
| Product ID: | 9781839982002 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Quantitative Literary Analysis of the Works of Aphra Behn |
| Subtitle: | Words of Passion |
| Authors: | Author: Laura L. Runge |
| Page Count: | 294 |
| Subjects: | Literature: history and criticism, Literature: history & criticism |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book explores the works of Aphra Behn (1640–1689) synchronically through word counts and statistical measures. It analyzes, by genre, poetry, drama, and prose, examining the quantification of Behn’s literary style. The conclusion applies thematic questions to the full corpus for an innovative and comprehensive assessment of Behn’s writing. Aphra Behn (1640–1689), prolific and popular playwright, poet, novelist, translator, has a fascinating and extensive corpus of literature that plays a key role in literary history. Quantitative Literary Analysis of the Works of Aphra Behn: Words of Passion offers what no book has done to date, an analysis of all Behn’s literary output. It examines the author’s use of words in terms of frequencies and distributions and stacks the words in context to read Behn’s word usage synchronically. Using this experimental method, the book brings digital humanities into literary criticism, to enhance our understanding and appreciation of literature beyond what is possible in diachronic reading and scholarship less supported by digital means. The empirical approach works in collaboration with existing scholarship to understand Behn’s distinct language of love and extreme passions across her genres. |
| Imprint Name: | Anthem Press |
| Publisher Name: | Anthem Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-05-09 |
