A Dictionary, A Database, A Desultory Reader

Metaphors for the Mind in Eighteenth-Century Literature

Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of Literature at the University of Virginia, explores the topic of text-mining through his research in the use of language and metaphor in eighteenth-century British literature.

Speakers

Brad Pasanek
Brad Pasanek
Assistant Professor of Eighteenth-Century Literature and Digital HumanitiesUniversity of Virginia

Brad Pasanek is the Assistant Professor of Eighteenth-Century Literature and Digital Humanities at the University of Virginia. Brad received his B.A. from the University of Chicago and his Ph.D. from Stanford University. He recently published two Literary and Linguistic Computing works: "Meaning and Mining" & "Mining Millions of Metaphors."