Genre, a Misunderstood Word

"The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a sea that is filled by many rivers." Jose Saramago

Chris' Thoughts on Genre

A decanter is a tool, a vessel which merely holds the wine in which lies the true intrinsic value.

Literary formats are tools, vessels which hold the precious content of genre. The former has practical value, the latter, intrinsic, enduring value.