Hypertext Webster Gateway: "genre"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Genre \Gen"re\, n.
Kind; genus; class; form; style, esp. in literature.
French drama was lisping or still inarticulate; the
great French genre of the fabliau was hardly born.
--Saintsbury.
A particular demand . . . that we shall pay special
attention to the matter of genres -- that is, to the
different forms or categories of literature. --W. P.
Trent.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Genre \Genre\ (zh[aum]N"r'), n. [F. See {Gender}.] (Fine Arts)
A style of painting, sculpture, or other imitative art, which
illustrates everyday life and manners.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
genre
n 1: a kind of literary or artistic work
2: a style of expressing yourself in writing [syn: {writing
style}, {literary genre}]
3: an expressive style of music [syn: {music genre}, {musical
genre}, {musical style}]
4: a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a
characteristic form or technique
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