"The initial aim of the database project was to create a tool to allow a broad and sophisticated level of analysis of over two thousand titles from the period 1800-29. Fields allowing analysis of gender distributions, publisher popularity, authorial status, prices, translations, etc. were created during the first phase of the database. As well as enabling the study of broad statistical data, fuller bibliographical information can also be consulted on a per-record basis. Thus, analysis can take place on two levels: the general (for spans of years, types of fiction, specific authors) and the individual (studies of individual texts, with rich information about the work concerned)." |