500 Themes from a corpus of 19th-Century Fiction In Macroanalysis: Digital Methods and Literary History (UIUC Press, 2013), I explain how I extracted 500 themes from a corpus of 19th-century novels using Latent Dirichlet Allocation. On this page you can select any one of the 500 themes to see a cloud visualization of the key words and then a series of plots showing the prevalence of the theme in relation to time, author-gender, and author-nationality. Assigning labels to topic clusters is a subjective process. The labels I have assigned here are most frequently derived from the topic headwords. Some may find the labels unhelpful or even controversial. My goal was not to label the topics in a way that would satisfy all tastes or interpretations, but instead to create a workable title by which I could easily refer to a given topic. By default the modeling process assigns topics a number (e.g. topic 1, topic 2, etc). While referring to topics by number is certainly less controversial, it's not a very useful way to talk about them. These labels should be read as "general terms of convenience" and not as definitive statements on the ultimate meaning of the word cluster.Choose a Theme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ermalink