Matthew L Jockers: 4 books

"When a story captures the imagination of millions, that's magic. Can you qualify magic? Archer and Jockers just may have done so."—Sylvia Day, New York Times bestselling author Ask most people about massive success in the world of fiction, and you’ll typically hear that it’s a game of...

Hat „50 Shades of Grey" auch Ihre Kasse kräftig klingeln lassen? Und haben auch Sie sich gefragt: „Warum?" Verlagsprofi Jodie Archer und Englisch-Professor Matthew Jockers haben einen Algorithmus entwickelt, der die Antwort darauf gibt – und der mit 97-prozentiger Genauigkeit vorhersagen kann,...

This sneak peek teaser - featuring literary giants John Grisham and Danielle Steele - from Chapter 2 of The Bestseller Code, a groundbreaking book about what a computer algorithm can teach us about blockbuster books, stories, and reading, reveals the importance of topic and theme in bestselling fiction...

Text Analysis with R for Students of Literature is written with students and scholars of literature in mind but will be applicable to other humanists and social scientists wishing to extend their methodological tool kit to include quantitative and computational approaches to the study of text. Computation...