In "Writing Genres, " Amy J. Devitt examines genre from social, linguistic, professional, and historical perspectives and explores genre s educational uses, making this volume the most comprehensive view of genre theory today.Beginning by defining genre as a typified rhetorical action occurring at the nexus of situation, culture, and other genres, Devitt argues that genre highlights variations in texts necessary for creativity, a treatment that opposes the traditional view of genre as constraining and homogenizing. In step with contemporary genre scholarship, "Writing Genres" does not limit...