<title type="main">Features of TimelessnessIntermediate Report on a Quest for Stylistic Features that Mark Literary CanonicityVan ZundertJoris J.Department of Literary Studies, Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands – Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Amsterdam, The Netherlandsjoris.van.zundert@huygens.knaw.nlMarRaymond A.Department of Psychology, York University. Toronto, Canadavan Dalen–OskamKarinaDepartment of Literary Studies, Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands – Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Amsterdam, The NetherlandsFaculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam. Amsterdam, The NetherlandsTempleEmilyLiterary HubBowmanIsabelDepartment of Psychology, University of Toronto. Toronto, CanadaHeidariFarzanehDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, York University. Toronto, CanadaNguyenAhn T.P.Department of Psychology, York University. Toronto, Canada43916Name, Institution
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We report on our ongoing quest to establish a validated complex of stylistic features that act as markers for literary canonicity, in specific contexts. Currentely we present a stylometric analysis of literature investigating the stylistic markers that differentiate former bestsellers from fiction that remains popular across several decades using a TfIdf vectorization of texts and UMAP dimenision reduction approach. We find that especially a greater variation in sentence length is associated with the chances of a novel to remain popular.