The Problem of Literary Value.

Author / Editor
Meyer-Lee, Robert J.

Title
The Problem of Literary Value.

Published
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2023.

Physical Description
xiii, 263 pp.

Series
Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture.

Description
Considers theoretical, ideological, and practical questions concerning the value and valuation of literature and literary studies, with recurrent attention to contemporary issues in editing, canonicity, interpretation, and institutional status, particularly in medieval and early modern studies, especially Chaucer studies. Includes an updated expansion of the author's 2008 essay "Manuscript Studies, Literary Value, and the Object of Chaucer Studies," and additional investigation of the value of CT.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism
Canterbury Tales--General