I'm surprised this article doesn't mention Franco Moretti[1], who is probably the foremost literary scholar using algorithms to analyse texts. Moretti advocates

I'm surprised this article doesn't mention Franco Moretti[1], who is probably the foremost literary scholar using algorithms to analyse texts. Moretti advocates what he calls "distant reading" (the opposite of close reading), which would allow you to study trends across the whole history of world literature, rather than just in individual books one at a time. [1]: http://www.versobooks.com/authors/64-franco-moretti http://www.versobooks.com/authors/64-franco-moretti