Literary Value/ Cultural Power: Verbal Arts in the Twenty-First Century

by Lynette Hunter

Lynette Hunter explores the concept of literary values in this collection of essays based on the Gresham lectures. As the separation between what used to be called 'high art' and 'popular culture' dissolves, these fascinating essays address the question of what to read and whom to listen to. Hunter delves into issues central to our notions of literary status and value.

168 pages, Paperback

First published May 3, 2002

About the author

Hunter is Distinguished Professor Emerita of the History of Rhetoric and Performance at the University of California, Davis, and Professor Emeritus in Rhetoric at Gresham College, City of London. She has written or co-written over 25 books in performance studies, feminist philosophy, the politics of decolonial and alterior aesthetics, and the history of rhetoric and performance, including Critiques of Knowing (Routledge, 1999).