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r/literature
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Welcome to /r/literature, a community for deeper discussions of plays, poetry, short stories, and novels. Discussions of literary criticism, literary history, literary theory, and critical theory are also welcome. We are not /r/books: please do not use this sub to seek book recommendations or homework help.
Welcome to /r/literature, a community for deeper discussions of plays, poetry, short stories, and novels. Discussions of literary criticism, literary history, literary theory, and critical theory are also welcome.
We are not /r/books: please do not use this sub to seek book recommendations or home...
2,058,696
April 1, 2008
public
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Total Submissions
51,505
Total Comments
429,700
Earliest Submission
April 1, 2008
Earliest Comment
May 4, 2008
Metrics
Activity Over Time
Submission Flags
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Submission Score Distribution
Comment Score Distribution
Title Length
Submission Text Length
Comments per Submission
Most Distinctive Words
Rank↕ | Word↕ | Occurrences in Subreddit | Total Occurrences | Rate in Subreddit (per 1M words) | Rate in Reddit (per 1M words) | Ratio (Sub Rate / Reddit Rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 1,335 | 15,321 | 202.0 | 0.1 | 1580.91 | |
| #2 | 1,405 | 16,651 | 212.6 | 0.1 | 1530.91 | |
| #3 | 1,575 | 23,141 | 238.3 | 0.2 | 1234.84 | |
| #4 | 1,363 | 21,383 | 206.2 | 0.2 | 1156.48 | |
| #5 | 1,195 | 25,592 | 180.8 | 0.2 | 847.18 | |
| #6 | 869 | 22,504 | 131.5 | 0.2 | 700.60 | |
| #7 | 11,087 | 296,665 | 1677.3 | 2.5 | 678.05 | |
| #8 | 1,435 | 39,469 | 217.1 | 0.3 | 659.64 | |
| #9 | 719 | 22,769 | 108.8 | 0.2 | 572.92 | |
| #10 | 1,788 | 59,550 | 270.5 | 0.5 | 544.75 | |
| #11 | 1,113 | 40,282 | 168.4 | 0.3 | 501.30 | |
| #12 | 645 | 24,491 | 97.6 | 0.2 | 477.82 | |
| #13 | 1,518 | 58,822 | 229.7 | 0.5 | 468.21 | |
| #14 | 1,907 | 76,559 | 288.5 | 0.6 | 451.93 | |
| #15 | 22,467 | 915,602 | 3399.0 | 7.6 | 445.20 | |
| #16 | 1,217 | 52,577 | 184.1 | 0.4 | 419.96 | |
| #17 | 377 | 16,426 | 57.0 | 0.1 | 416.41 | |
| #18 | 868 | 41,693 | 131.3 | 0.3 | 377.72 | |
| #19 | 566 | 28,017 | 85.6 | 0.2 | 366.53 | |
| #20 | 742 | 37,089 | 112.3 | 0.3 | 362.97 | |
| #21 | 943 | 49,380 | 142.7 | 0.4 | 346.48 | |
| #22 | 3,835 | 201,971 | 580.2 | 1.7 | 344.50 | |
| #23 | 374 | 21,612 | 56.6 | 0.2 | 313.97 | |
| #24 | 308 | 18,011 | 46.6 | 0.2 | 310.26 | |
| #25 | 433 | 25,374 | 65.5 | 0.2 | 309.61 | |
| #26 | 371 | 22,509 | 56.1 | 0.2 | 299.04 | |
| #27 | 1,092 | 66,976 | 165.2 | 0.6 | 295.81 | |
| #28 | 244 | 16,727 | 36.9 | 0.1 | 264.66 | |
| #29 | 365 | 27,612 | 55.2 | 0.2 | 239.83 | |
| #30 | 933 | 70,946 | 141.2 | 0.6 | 238.60 | |
| #31 | 370 | 29,353 | 56.0 | 0.2 | 228.70 | |
| #32 | 202 | 16,114 | 30.6 | 0.1 | 227.44 | |
| #33 | 546 | 44,185 | 82.6 | 0.4 | 224.20 | |
| #34 | 222 | 18,214 | 33.6 | 0.2 | 221.14 | |
| #35 | 657 | 55,324 | 99.4 | 0.5 | 215.46 | |
| #36 | 1,522 | 132,686 | 230.3 | 1.1 | 208.11 | |
| #37 | 436 | 38,035 | 66.0 | 0.3 | 207.98 | |
| #38 | 224 | 20,528 | 33.9 | 0.2 | 197.98 | |
| #39 | 224 | 22,182 | 33.9 | 0.2 | 183.21 | |
| #40 | 158 | 15,720 | 23.9 | 0.1 | 182.35 | |
| #41 | 209 | 21,733 | 31.6 | 0.2 | 174.48 | |
| #42 | 241 | 25,425 | 36.5 | 0.2 | 171.98 | |
| #43 | 387 | 41,741 | 58.5 | 0.3 | 168.21 | |
| #44 | 833 | 102,936 | 126.0 | 0.9 | 146.82 | |
| #45 | 198 | 24,584 | 30.0 | 0.2 | 146.13 | |
| #46 | 123 | 15,497 | 18.6 | 0.1 | 144.00 | |
| #47 | 189 | 24,085 | 28.6 | 0.2 | 142.37 | |
| #48 | 145 | 18,494 | 21.9 | 0.2 | 142.25 | |
| #49 | 194 | 25,076 | 29.3 | 0.2 | 140.36 | |
| #50 | 118 | 15,536 | 17.9 | 0.1 | 137.80 |