Genres as Species and Spaces:

Susan Wells Temple University

Abstract

ABSTRACTContemporary genre theory is dominated by metaphors of evolution and speciation; this article proposes alternate metaphors of spatiality and exchange. A spatial understanding of genre permits more productive interactions between literary and rhetorical genre theory. A reading of Robert Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy as a multigenred text suggests some of the potentials of this approach.

Journal
Philosophy & Rhetoric
Published
2014-05-22
DOI
10.5325/philrhet.47.2.0113
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