genres, mixing of, 84-85..
"Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck"
Jethro Bithell
The coarse mixture of all genres and all styles is the evil which prevents our actors from gaining any kind of artistic consciousness.
"Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 1"
Francis Hueffer (translator)
But this book, although the setting for most of the book is inside the cargo hold of a merchant vessel, doesn't really fit into any of Reid's usual genres.
"The Boy Tar"
Mayne Reid