{"product_id":"who-wrote-citizen-kane-von-warren-buckland","title":"Who Wrote Citizen Kane?","description":"\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003e\n                                        This book offers a solution to one of film history’s major controversies: the long-running dispute over Orson Welles’ and Herman J. Mankiewicz’s contributions to the \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003eCitizen Kane \u003c\/em\u003e\n                                        screenplay. It establishes the vital importance of computing and statistics to solving previously intractable puzzles in the arts and humanities.\n                \n                \u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \n                \u003cp\u003e\n                                        \n                    \u003cem\u003eCitizen Kane \u003c\/em\u003e\n                                        (1941) is one of the most acclaimed films in the history of cinema. For 50 years it topped the \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003eSight \u0026amp; Sound \u003c\/em\u003e\n                                        film critics’ poll. Orson Welles directed the film and is credited with co-writing the screenplay with Herman J. Mankiewicz. But the co-writer credit generates furious disputes between those who argue Mankiewicz is the sole author of \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003eCitizen Kane \u003c\/em\u003e\n                                        and those who claim that Welles collaborated fully with its writing. \n                \n                \u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \n                \u003cp\u003e\n                                        The author employs computing and statistics to answer two questions\n                    \n                    \u003ci\u003e: What are the distinguishing features of Welles’ and of Mankiewicz’s writing?\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                        And\n                    \n                    \u003ci\u003e\n                                                 What did each contribute to the writing of the \n                        \n                        \u003cem\u003eCitizen Kane \u003c\/em\u003e\n                                                screenplay? \n                    \n                    \u003c\/i\u003e\n                                        To answer these questions, the author bypasses opinions and impressions, and instead subjects the language of the \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003eCitizen Kane \u003c\/em\u003e\n                                        screenplay to a ‘forensic’ examination. \n                \n                \u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \n                \u003cp\u003e\n                                        Employing linguistics, basic statistical tests, plus computer technology and software,\n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\n                                        the author identifies the stylistic signature of each author – the combination of consistent and regular linguistic habits that make each\n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\n                                        author’s writing distinctive. This book replaces impressionistic discussions of Mankiewicz’s and Welles’ contributions\n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\n                                        to the \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003eCitizen Kane \u003c\/em\u003e\n                                        screenplay with a rigorous, experiment-driven statistical analysis. Earlier statistical studies of authorship have discovered that small, unassuming language features (such as punctuation, pronouns, and prepositions) in statistically significant quantities, constitute a screenwriter’s distinctive writing habits. 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