Anthology
noun
A book or other collection of selected writings by various authors, usually in the same literary form, of the same period, or on the same subject.
She bought an anthology of poetry from the book store.
Often appears as...
- poetry anthology
- anthology series
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Academic
noun
A collection of selected writings by one author, often in book form.
He has an anthology of all his works till date.
Often appears as...
- work anthology
- author's anthology
noun
A television or radio series that presents a different story and a different set of characters in each episode or season.
Black Mirror is an anthology series where each episode tells a different story.
Often appears as...
- anthology television series
- anthology radio series
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Technical
noun
A book or other collection of selected writings by various authors, usually in the same literary form, of the same period, or on the same subject.
She bought an anthology of poetry from the book store.
Often appears as...
- poetry anthology
- anthology series
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A collection of selected writings by one author, often in book form.
He has an anthology of all his works till date.
Often appears as...
- work anthology
- author's anthology
noun
A television or radio series that presents a different story and a different set of characters in each episode or season.
Black Mirror is an anthology series where each episode tells a different story.
Often appears as...
- anthology television series
- anthology radio series
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Varied Authors
An anthology often includes works from multiple writers, showcasing different styles or perspectives.
The anthology featured essays from ten different environmental activists.
Pro Tip 2/3Unified Theme
Works in an anthology are curated to revolve around a specific theme, subject, or period.
Her anthology focused on feminist poetry from the 1970s.
Pro Tip 3/3Educational Use
Anthologies are common in classrooms to expose students to a variety of writings on one topic.
Our literature class uses an anthology of short stories by American authors.
Pro Tip 1/3Varied Authors
An anthology often includes works from multiple writers, showcasing different styles or perspectives.
The anthology featured essays from ten different environmental activists.
Pro Tip 2/3Unified Theme
Works in an anthology are curated to revolve around a specific theme, subject, or period.
Her anthology focused on feminist poetry from the 1970s.
Pro Tip 3/3Educational Use
Anthologies are common in classrooms to expose students to a variety of writings on one topic.
Our literature class uses an anthology of short stories by American authors.
Pro Tip 1/3Varied Authors
An anthology often includes works from multiple writers, showcasing different styles or perspectives.
The anthology featured essays from ten different environmental activists.
Pro Tip 2/3Unified Theme
Works in an anthology are curated to revolve around a specific theme, subject, or period.
Her anthology focused on feminist poetry from the 1970s.
Pro Tip 3/3Educational Use
Anthologies are common in classrooms to expose students to a variety of writings on one topic.
Our literature class uses an anthology of short stories by American authors.
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I felt compassion for her. My heart got softer." Here's the thing. When we're writing a Gracenote, you're not trying to get published in a poetry anthology.
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I felt compassion for her. My heart got softer." Here's the thing. When we're writing a Gracenote, you're not trying to get published in a poetry anthology.
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Molly Antopol
American Writer
I've been religiously reading the O. Henry Prize anthologies every year since college, when I first began trying to write stories. Many of the authors whose work I cherish the most were people I first learned about through The O. Henry Prize Stories - and then I'd go search for their books.
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Kathryn Schulz
American Journalist
As a kid, I lived almost entirely inside books, and eventually the books started returning the favor. A lot of my internal world feels like an anthology, or a library. It's eclectic and disorganized, but I can browse in it, and that hugely shapes both what and how I write.
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James Wolcott
American Critic
Since I'm a fan of collections and anthologies, believe that the best writing often shines in shards and galloping stretches, I never find myself lobbying for a writer I enjoy reading regularly to hole up in Heidegger's hut for four or five years to bring forth a mountain.
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Jeff Vandermeer
American Writer
Cross-pollination and 'contamination' is really important to the health of fiction, and sometimes it's a literal conversation, too, in that writers who might never otherwise meet and talk do so because of our anthologies.
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MaryJanice Davidson
American Author
When I first quit my day job, I was terrified. I called my editors and said I'm trying to make a go of this, and they threw every contract at me they could. And for two years, I had a book or an anthology out every month.
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James Laughlin
American Poet
We don't attempt to have any theme for a number of the anthology, or to have any particular sequence. We just put in things that we like, and then we try to alternate the prose and the poetry.
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William Ernest Henley
English Poet
Now, to read poetry at all is to have an ideal anthology of one's own, and in that possession to be incapable of content with the anthologies of all the world besides.
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Kenneth Scott Latourette
American Historian
The Psalms, the anthology of the hymns of Israel, are still used by Christians.
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Eugenio Montale
Italian Poet
However, poetry does not live solely in books or in school anthologies.
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Tituss Burgess
American Actor
I collect musical theatre anthologies. I have a whole library of them.
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Molly Antopol
American Writer
I've been religiously reading the O. Henry Prize anthologies every year since college, when I first began trying to write stories. Many of the authors whose work I cherish the most were people I first learned about through The O. Henry Prize Stories - and then I'd go search for their books.
Quote examples
Kathryn Schulz
American Journalist
As a kid, I lived almost entirely inside books, and eventually the books started returning the favor. A lot of my internal world feels like an anthology, or a library. It's eclectic and disorganized, but I can browse in it, and that hugely shapes both what and how I write.
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James Wolcott
American Critic
Since I'm a fan of collections and anthologies, believe that the best writing often shines in shards and galloping stretches, I never find myself lobbying for a writer I enjoy reading regularly to hole up in Heidegger's hut for four or five years to bring forth a mountain.
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Jeff Vandermeer
American Writer
Cross-pollination and 'contamination' is really important to the health of fiction, and sometimes it's a literal conversation, too, in that writers who might never otherwise meet and talk do so because of our anthologies.
Quote examples
MaryJanice Davidson
American Author
When I first quit my day job, I was terrified. I called my editors and said I'm trying to make a go of this, and they threw every contract at me they could. And for two years, I had a book or an anthology out every month.
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James Laughlin
American Poet
We don't attempt to have any theme for a number of the anthology, or to have any particular sequence. We just put in things that we like, and then we try to alternate the prose and the poetry.
Quote examples
William Ernest Henley
English Poet
Now, to read poetry at all is to have an ideal anthology of one's own, and in that possession to be incapable of content with the anthologies of all the world besides.
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Kenneth Scott Latourette
American Historian
The Psalms, the anthology of the hymns of Israel, are still used by Christians.
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Eugenio Montale
Italian Poet
However, poetry does not live solely in books or in school anthologies.
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Tituss Burgess
American Actor
I collect musical theatre anthologies. I have a whole library of them.
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