Reading Machines : Toward and Algorithmic Criticism
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Topics in the Digital Humanities
ISBN-10
0252036417
ISBN-13
9780252036415
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Imprint
University of Illinois Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 30th, 2011
Print length
112 Pages
Weight
286 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.20 x 1.30 cms
Product Classification:
Literary theoryComputer science
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Rethinking digital literary criticism by situating computational work within the broader context of the humanities
Besides familiar and now-commonplace tasks that computers do all the time, what else are they capable of? Stephen Ramsay''s intriguing study of computational text analysis examines how computers can be used as "reading machines" to open up entirely new possibilities for literary critics. Computer-based text analysis has been employed for the past several decades as a way of searching, collating, and indexing texts. Despite this, the digital revolution has not penetrated the core activity of literary studies: interpretive analysis of written texts.
Computers can handle vast amounts of data, allowing for the comparison of texts in ways that were previously too overwhelming for individuals, but they may also assist in enhancing the entirely necessary role of subjectivity in critical interpretation. Reading Machines discusses the importance of this new form of text analysis conducted with the assistance of computers. Ramsay suggests that the rigidity of computation can be enlisted in the project of intuition, subjectivity, and play.
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