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Literature As A Genre -- Ancient Misapprehensions -- Concepts Of Genre -- Historical Kinds And The Generic Repertoire -- Generic Names -- Generic Signals -- Mode And Subgenre -- Generic Labels -- The Formation Of Genres -- Transformations Of Genre -- Generic Modulation -- Hierarchies Of Genres And Canons Of Literature -- Systems Of Genres -- Genre In Interpretation. Alastair Fowler. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [326]-332.