Автор: Blatt, Ben Название: Nabokov`S Favorite Word Is Mauve ISBN: 1501105388 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501105388 Издательство: Simon & Schuster Цена: 3449.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: An NPR Best Book of 2017: "A hell of a lot of fun." --NPR One of Lit Hub's "The Best Books About Books" "Enlightening." --TheWall Street JournalData meets literature in this brilliant new look at our favorite authors and their masterpieces: Do literary titans follow their own writing advice (and is it any good)? Do men and women write their characters differently? What are each author's favorite words and cliches? There's a famous piece of writing advice--offered by Ernest Hemingway, Stephen King, and myriad writers in between--not to use -ly adverbs like "quickly" or "fitfully." It sounds like solid advice, but can we actually test it? If we were to count all the -ly adverbs these authors used in their careers, do they follow their own advice compared to other celebrated authors? And do great books in general--the classics and the bestsellers--use fewer adverbs? In Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve, statistician and journalist Ben Blatt brings big data to the literary canon, exploring the wealth of fun findings that remain hidden in the works of the world's greatest writers. He assembles a database of thousands of books and hundreds of millions of words, and starts asking the questions that have intrigued curious word nerds and book lovers for generations: What are our favorite authors' favorite words? Do men and women write differently? Are bestsellers getting dumber over time? Which bestselling writer uses the most cliches? What makes a great opening sentence? How can we judge a book by its cover? And which writerly advice is worth following or ignoring? Blatt draws upon existing analysis techniques and invents some of his own. All of his investigations and experiments are original, conducted himself, and no math knowledge is needed to understand the results. Blatt breaks his findings down into lucid, humorous language and clear and compelling visuals. This eye-opening book offers a new appreciation of our favorite authors and a fresh perspective on our own writing, illuminating both the patterns that hold great prose together and the brilliant flourishes that make it unforgettable.
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Автор: Blatt, Heather Название: Participatory reading in late-medieval england ISBN: 1526117991 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781526117991 Издательство: NBN International Рейтинг: Цена: 10098.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book traces affinities across the digital-medieval divide to explore how reading functioned as a nexus for concerns about literacy, audiences` agency, literary culture and media formats. Interactive reading offered writers ways to make readers work to their benefit, even as these practices enabled audiences to make reading work for themselves. -- .
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