I need to put expressions containing "<" and ">" sign in italics. For example, *GenericPositive*

However, when I do 

```
\textit{GenericPositive<Type>}

```

it does not display the "<" or ">" signs. I also tried to add a slash so:

```
\textit{GenericPositive\<Type\>}

```

but it doesn't work either. What is more, I also tried the math mode with "$" signs so:

$GenericPositive$

and it does display the "<", ">" signs but then the whole expression gets split between different lines of text and I don't want that to happen.

What can I do to see "<" and ">" in an expression in italics in such a way that this expression is not split between different lines of text?