Quantitative Literary Analysis of the Works of Aphra Behn

Laura L. Runge is a professor of English at the University of South Florida. She specializes in women’s writing of the long eighteenth century, digital humanities, and book history.

• Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on Texts and Data; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One: The Poetry of Love; Chapter Two: The Drama of Love; Chapter Three: The Prose of Love; Conclusion; Appendices; Index.

“Runge’s wide-ranging analysis draws deeply on her own rich familiarity with Behn’s works, a bang up-to-date knowledge of their critical reception and a carefully designed, computer-aided analysis of the texts. The result is a tour de force, a fascinating exploration of Behn in the passions of her times. I learned from this book, argued with it and loved it.” — Professor Elaine Hobby, Loughborough University, Principal Investigator of Editing Aphra Behn in the Digital Age.