The problem of literary value

• Main Author: Meyer-Lee, Robert J. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Manchester Manchester University Press 2023
• Subjects: Literary theory; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Philosophy & theory of education; literary value; literary studies crisis; critical theory; history of Chaucer studies; history of medieval studies; Chaucer editions; literary canon; theory of interpretation; history of literary criticism; Actor-Network Theory
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Literary value - in the sense of the worth, usefulness or importance of the literary - has been a topic of debate from no later than Plato's impugning of poetry. But from the so-called canon wars of the last century to the present, literary value has also become a perplexing source of distress....