Reading Machines : Toward and Algorithmic Criticism

Name: Reading Machines
Brand: University of Illinois Press
SKU: 9780252078200
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ISBN: 9780252078200

by Stephen Ramsay

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 0252078209

ISBN-13 9780252078200

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 198 grams

Dimensions 15.80 x 23.00 x 0.90 cms

Product Classification: Literary theory Computer 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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