{"product_id":"who-wrote-the-night-before-christmas-analyzing-the-clement-clarke-moore-vs-henry-livingston-question-9781476664439","title":"Who Wrote the Night Before Christmas?: Analyzing the Clement Clarke Moore vs. Henry Livingston Question","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): MacDonald P. Jackson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Published anonymously in 1823, \"The Night Before Christmas\" has traditionally been attributed to Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863), who included it in his \u003ci\u003ePoems\u003c\/i\u003e (1844). But descendants of Henry Livingston (1748-1828) claim that he read it to his children as his own creation long before Moore is alleged to have composed it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book evaluates the opposing arguments and for the first time uses the author-attribution techniques of modern computational stylistics to settle the long-standing dispute. Both writers left substantial bodies of verse, which have been computer analyzed for distinguishing characteristics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Employing a range of tests and introducing a new one--statistical analysis of phonemes--this study identifies the true author and makes a significant contribution to the growing field of attribution studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46479498707095,"sku":"9781476664439","price":2823.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781476664439.jpg?v=1766303482","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/who-wrote-the-night-before-christmas-analyzing-the-clement-clarke-moore-vs-henry-livingston-question-9781476664439","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}