Reading Machines Toward and Algorithmic Criticism

Name: Reading Machines Toward and Algorithmic Criticism
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ISBN: 9780252078200

ISBN-10: 0252078209

ISBN-13: 9780252078200

Edition: 2011

Authors: Stephen Ramsay

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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…

Book details

List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 11/30/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 112
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.09" long x 0.30" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English