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Literary Mathematics

Quantitative Theory for Textual Studies

n. literary mathematics, the practice of representing critical concepts using formal expressions that describe relations among literature’s countable features

Code and Data

Install the litmath R package and download data for experiment and analysis.

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Key concepts for the statistical analysis of corpus data, with examples and background discussion.

Results

Explore sample results, analyses, and demonstrations of computational literary analyses.

Code and Data

Install the litmath R package for easy-to-use functions, corpus data, sample code, walkthroughs for case studies from the book, as well as documentation that explains key concepts.

Learn

A living textbook, Mathematical Structures of Literary Study, includes chapters devoted to the fundamental mathematical concepts behind common digital humanities applications — topics include form, difference, and significance.