This book uses literature as a wrench to pry open social networks and to ask different questions than have been asked about social networks previously.The bookemphasizes the story-telling aspect of social networks, as well as the connection between narrative and social networks by incorporating narrative, dynamic networks, and time. Thus, it constructs a bridge between literature, digital humanities, and social networks.This book is a pioneering work that attempts to express social and philosophic constructs in mathematical terms.

The material used to test the algorithms istextsintended for performance, such as plays, film scripts, and radio plays; mathematical representations of thetexts, or literature networks, are then used to analyze the social networks found in the respectivetexts. By using literature networks and their accompanying narratives, along with their supporting analyses, this book allows for a novel approach to social network analysis.