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Formula to detect an author’s literary ‘fingerprint’ developed
Thaindian News —
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Washington, Dec 11 (ANI): After analysing the works of Thomas Hardy, DH Lawrence and Herman Melville, Swedish physicists have developed a formula to detect different authors’ literary ‘fingerprints’. In the new study, researchers have described a new concept from a group of Swedish physicists from the Department ...16 hours ago -
Scientists tap books to isolate literary ‘fingerprint’
Thaindian News —
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London, Dec 11 (IANS) Based on the writing styles of Thomas Hardy, D.H. Lawrence and Herman Melville, physicists have developed a formula to detect the literary “fingerprints” of different authors.New research describes a new concept from a group of Swedish physicists from Umeå University. The “meta book” ...16 hours ago -
Why would anyone ever want to leave Typee?
bibliographing —
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In Typee , Melville’s first book, a semi-autobiographical account of a runaway sailor on a Polynesian island, “Tommo” is taken captive by the isolated tribe of the Typee, rumored to be fearsome cannibals. They do hold him there, preventing his going to the beach, let alone leaving, and they do seem to be ...1 day ago -
Formula to detect an authors literary fingerprint
Science nature & education - science-nature.marc8.com —
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(Institute of Physics) Using literature written by Thomas Hardy, D.H. Lawrence and Herman Melville, physicists in Sweden have developed a formula to detect different authors literary "fingerprints."1 day ago -
a world about whose values he was so often skeptical
Radigan Neuhalfen's Web Log —
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"Melville himself said in Moby Dick , to write a mighty book you must have a mighty theme. Here he had it -- the rebellious struggle of Captain Ahab against the overwhelming, mysterious vastness of the universe and its awesome, sometimes merciless forces.... "What baffled its early readers was the books wild ...5 days ago -
The sailor’s true binnacle
Journey to Perplexity —
Authority: 119
Moby Dick, or The Whale tells, among many other things, the story of Captain Ahab and his monomaniacal pursuit of a great white sperm whale named Moby Dick. The whale chewed off his leg some years past, and he is going to get even or die trying. Who was Ahab? As with almost everything else in the book, there ...1 week ago -
We Are All Shipmates—Moby Dick
Texas Liberal —
Authority: 568
Above you see Orson Welles in his ship pulpit in the 1956 adaptation of Moby Dick . I’d enjoy having this pulpit in my home. I’d love to give a sermon from that pulpit. Even better might be that pulpit hooked up to the back of a truck. I bet could draw some crowds. What would I say? I’m sure I would come ...1 week ago -
Music That Speaks to You
Studio 360 Blog —
Authority: 125
Here’s a Black Friday deal that the big-box retailers can’t beat. Buy the new album from the up-and-coming indie band Ezra Furman and the Harpoons and you’ll get a personalized song thrown in, for no extra charge. Just send them a letter with your life story (or a condensed version, perhaps), and they’ll ...2 weeks ago -
Victor LaValle/Hobart Interview
christopher cocca —
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But one other point I’d like to make, the writing lesson that is probably worth more than any other: don’t be boring. Now boring doesn’t mean that you should stuff every page with an explosion or a sword fight or a car chase (though, really, if you do any one of those, please feel free). Instead, I’m ...2 weeks ago -
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick – A Review
Old Salt Blog - a virtual port of call for all those who love the sea —
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Nathaniel Philbrick’s In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex was published not quite a decade ago, so we are a bit late in reviewing it. (Our excuse is that the blog is only about one year old.) Nevertheless, this seems like a good day to review the book, exactly 189 years from the day that ...2 weeks ago -
40 Foot Crocodile Was Real; Moby Dick Was Real; Tom Horn Was Real
Symon Sez —
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Sereno Compares Dogcroc with Supercroc Alligators and Crocodiles strike fear in people. Can you imagine a 40 foot “SuperCroc?” The Supercroc still holds the title as the largest known crocodile to roam the earth but who knows if there was a bigger one? After all, University of ...3 weeks ago -
Writing Advice From The Experts Part #3
Make Cash Online Today —
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You must be prepared to work always without applause. – Ernest Hemingway Much of the wisdom available from established authors may be surprising in it’s honesty and straightforward nature. The reason this is likely true is the authors in question have had enough success that there is no need to candy coat the ...3 weeks ago -
all collapsed
Radigan Neuhalfen's Web Log —
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"All collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago." -- Herman Melville , Moby-Dick; or, The Whale3 weeks ago -
The Whale That Wouldn’t Die
Mark Athitakis' American Fiction Notes —
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The latest issue of Soundings , a magazine published by MIT’s School of Humanties, Arts and Social Sciences, has a fine feature on MIT English professor Wyn Kelley , a longtime scholar of Herman Melville . Kelley positions Melville as an author who anticipated many of the social concerns of not just the 20th ...5 weeks ago -
Top 25 Favorite Writers
Celsius1414 —
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Much like for my favorite movies , here is a list of my Top 25 favorite writers. Vladimir Nabokov Ray Bradbury JRR Tolkien Kurt Vonnegut Douglas Adams Mark Twain The rest in alphabetical order by last name: Robert Benchley Charlotte Brontë Emily Brontë Albert Camus Raymond Chandler Umberto Eco ...5 weeks ago
