Nabokov's favorite word is mauve : what the numbers reveal about the classics, bestsellers, and our own writing / Ben Blatt.
Idioma: Inglés Editor: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017Descripción: 271 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmTipo de contenido:- texto
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- 9781501105388
- 809 B613n 23
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-271).
Use sparingly -- He wrote, she wrote -- Searching for fingerprints -- Write by example -- Guiltier pleasures -- UK vs. US -- Cliches, repeats, and favorites -- How to judge a book by its cover -- Beginnings and endings.
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 clichés? 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.
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