About GXB

Genre is a idea that crosses disciplinary, national, methodological, conceptual, and pedagogical borders. The purpose of Genre across Borders (GXB) is to advance genre theory and research by helping scholars and students cross these borders. The site combines two primary functions:

  • As a reference guide to scholarship in the many fields of genre study
  • As a networking portal for scholars and teachers

GXB aims to offer a comprehensive overview of the multiple strands of genre scholarship and their relationships, in order to catalyze intellectual exchange and pedagogical innovation and to help us understand the processes and motivations of genre development, evolution, and circulation.

GXB now features translations of research introductions on our Research page. Contact us to contribute a translation. You may also select an interface display language on your Profile page.

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Sample Bibliography

[738] Fitter, C. (1997).  The Poetic Nocturne: From Ancient Motif to Renaissance Genre. Early Modern Literary Studies: A Journal of Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century English Literature. 3,
[709] Devitt, A. J. (2004).  Writing Genres. (Blakesley, D., Ed.).Rhetorical Philosophy and Theory.

Glossary Sample

An interacting, interdependent system or network of genres, as distinct from a series of genres with a specifically sequential series of...


User Spotlight

Name: Lazarus Belle
Institution: University of Michigan
Department/Program Affiliation: English Language and Literature
Education: Bachelor's of Art, English, Rutgers University 2011
Status: Graduate Student Instructor

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