1. A method for visualizing literary elements as a graph comprising: receiving by a computer system a set of meta-data records representing the contents of a digital work of literature, wherein each meta-data record comprises a significance value for a literary element and a relationship the literary element to one or more items selected from the group consisting of a character, and a plot device, and a position within the work of literature where the literary element appears; graphing by a computer system the literary elements, characters and plot devices in a sequential graph having at least two axes, wherein the first axis corresponds to the position within the work of literature, and the second axis corresponds to the significance level of the graphed literary element and the one or more related items; and rendering by a computer the sequential graph to an output of the computer system.