oggbashan
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A new book has been published analysing literary trends:
http://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Nabokovs-Favourite-Word-Is-Mauve/Ben-Blatt/9781471152825
In a review in today's Sunday Times the author's views on Literotica are quoted:
"He downloaded every story on the site, or in his words "76m words of pure filth". He sorted the stories by author's location and found 3.200 from Britain and 15,000 from the US.
His findings may help to explain why psychiatrists are in such demand in America. While British authors of erotica used fruity words such as "knickers, suspender, settee, shagging, fancied and bum", the most distinctive American words included the rather repressed "trailer, restroom, cowboy, motel, closet and cops".
http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-5011-0538-8
http://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Nabokovs-Favourite-Word-Is-Mauve/Ben-Blatt/9781471152825
In a review in today's Sunday Times the author's views on Literotica are quoted:
"He downloaded every story on the site, or in his words "76m words of pure filth". He sorted the stories by author's location and found 3.200 from Britain and 15,000 from the US.
His findings may help to explain why psychiatrists are in such demand in America. While British authors of erotica used fruity words such as "knickers, suspender, settee, shagging, fancied and bum", the most distinctive American words included the rather repressed "trailer, restroom, cowboy, motel, closet and cops".
http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-5011-0538-8