%0 Journal Article %A Stronks, Els %T De macht van het woord met het getal ontleed %D 2019 %J Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde, %V 135 %N 4 %P 406-415 %@ 2212-0521 %R https://doi.org/10.5117/TNTL2019.4.009.STRO %I Amsterdam University Press, %X Abstract As argued in this article, the digital analysis of literary texts could be enhanced by a closer connection between literary theories and digital techniques. Moretti tried to bridge the gap between the two, but did not fully succeed. Could a more systematic approach to what literary theory has to offer – explanatory hypotheses about the relations between textual structures, societal effects and intellectual shifts – and the requirements of analyses based on numbers (be it statistical patterns or other numeric patterns) help to make progress? %U https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/10.5117/TNTL2019.4.009.STRO