Reading Machines: Toward an Algorithmic Criticism (Topics in

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Reading Machines: Toward an Algorithmic Criticism (Topics in the Digital 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. _x000B__x000B_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 by intuition, subjectivity, and play.

Country	USA
Author	Stephen Ramsay
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	1st Edition
EISBN	9780252093449
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	University of Illinois Press
Manufacturer	University of Illinois Press
NumberOfPages	108
PublicationDate	2011-11-28
Publisher	University of Illinois Press
ReleaseDate	2011-11-28
Studio	University of Illinois Press

Reading Machines: Toward an Algorithmic Criticism (Topics in the Digital Humanities)