@inbook {schreibman_algorithmic_2008,
	title = {Algorithmic Criticism},
	booktitle = {Companion to Digital Literary Studies (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture)},
	series = {Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture},
	year = {2008},
	note = {00000},
	publisher = {Blackwell},
	organization = {Blackwell},
	address = {Oxford},
	abstract = {Ramsay argues, that while text analysis has a history, algorithmic criticism "exists only in nascent form." While browsing, searching, and disseminating digital texts is an accepted practice, transforming texts using algorithms is still relatively unexplored territory. Ramsay discusses how the humanities both fit and rebel against the scientific "frames" of algorithmic criticism. Ramsay argues that in order to "reap the benefits of speed, automation, and scale" available through computational practices, we must "accept the compromises inherent in such transformations." Ramsay continues his essay by performing an algorithmic case study on Virginia Woolf{\textquoteright}s novel "The Waves" in order to determine the frequent words and themes attached to each of the six main characters. Ramsay asserts that both the action (hermeneutics) and the method are key components to consider in this case. In conclusion Ramsey argues that "[A]lgorithmic criticism seeks a new kind of audience for text analysis {\textemdash} one that is less concerned with fitness of method and the determination of interpretive boundaries, and one more concerned with evaluating the robustness of the discussion that a particular procedure annunciates."},
	isbn = {9781405148641},
	url = {http://www.digitalhumanities.org/companionDLS/},
	author = {Ramsay, Stephen},
	editor = {Schreibman, Susan and Siemens, Ray}
}