The problem of literary value

This book addresses the vexed status of literary value. Unlike other approaches, it pursues neither an apologetic thesis about literature’s defining values nor, conversely, a demystifying account of those values’ ideological uses. Instead, arguing that the category of literary value is inescapable,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Meyer-Lee, Robert John, author (author), Meyer-Lee, Robert J., contributor (contributor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press [2023]
Colección:Manchester medieval literature and culture.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The problem of literary value
  • 1. Literary value and the object of Chaucer studies
  • 2. A preliminary theory of literary valuing
  • 3. Loose binding and its affordances
  • 4. Canonicity
  • 5. Interpretation
  • Postscript: Losing my religion
  • References
  • Index.