Explore Genres
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| Name | Description | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| Poetry Epic | Lengthy composition, elegy, epistle, or canto in verse pertaining to a heroic journey, event, or individual. Works in this category are often derived from the genre designation on the title page. |
10 |
| Poetry Lyric | Elegy, ballad, or elegiac sonnet in verse. |
47 |
| Political Writing | Appeal, letter, defence, essay, address, summary, supplement, or reflection relating to society, culture, government. |
843 |
| Religion/Biblical | Titles about religious or spiritual belief, or biblical history. |
1687 |
| Science/Natural History/Medicine | Titles addressing medicine, biology, chemistry, physics, botany, earth sciences, astronomy, etc. |
285 |
| Travel/Tourism/Topography | Guidebooks, descriptions, voyages, and tours of any particular location. |
515 |
| Unknown | The genre of titles in this category are either not known or miscellaneous. |
140 |
| Works | A collection of any combination of prose, poetry, accounts, memoirs, or posthumous works derived from the same author. |
115 |