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{{Cquote|Like many strategies in the digital humanities, stylometry combines traditional close reading alongside more distant reading.

{{Cquote|Like many strategies in the digital humanities, stylometry combines traditional close reading alongside more distant reading.

Close reading

'''Close reading'''

In literary criticism, close reading describes a sustained attention to the text, looking at word choice, syntax, and particular images, to reveal meaning. This methodology came out of New Criticism and does not rely on historical or biographical research, intending to analyze the complexities of the individual text instead.

In literary criticism, close reading describes a sustained attention to the text, looking at word choice, syntax, and particular images, to reveal meaning. This methodology came out of New Criticism and does not rely on historical or biographical research, intending to analyze the complexities of the individual text instead.

Distant reading

Distant reading

This is a concept coined by Franco Moretti that suggests that looking at the wider scope of literature, through larger computational or archival methods, can help us see larger trends and reveal previously obscured systems within literary study.<ref>[https://guides.temple.edu/stylometryfordh Stylometry Methods and Practices], Temple University Libraries</ref>}}

This is a concept coined by Franco Moretti that suggests that looking at the wider scope of literature, through larger computational or archival methods, can help us see larger trends and reveal previously obscured systems within literary study.

 

 

Key Point: ​Stylometry can only offer statistical probability, not definitively claim authorship.<ref>[https://guides.temple.edu/stylometryfordh Stylometry Methods and Practices], Temple University Libraries</ref>}}

== Journal article on stylometry ==

== Journal article on stylometry ==