The focus is on poetry but a wider spectrum of genres is considered a central theme being the relationship hierarchical competitive combinatory between genres the book establishes a new way of reading romantic literature which brings into focus for the first time its tangled relationship with genre. Romanticism and the uses of genre david duff david d duff oup oxford nov 12 2009 history 256 pages 0 reviews this wide ranging and original book reappraises the role of genre and genre. But romanticism and the uses of genre is full of invigorating insights regarding both canonized and more marginalized romantic engagements with genre it is an impressive achievement which should prove to be a useful aid to future critical explorations of the development of literary genre in not only romanticism but also other periods. Incorporating extensive research on classification systems and reception history as well as on literary forms themselves romanticism and the uses of genre demonstrates how new ideas about the role