anthology
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: an anthology of Elizabethan drama; an anthology of modern philosophy.
a collection of selected writings by one author.
Origin of anthology
1Other words from anthology
- an·tho·log·i·cal [an-thuh-loj-i-kuhl], /ˌæn θəˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl/, adjective
- an·tho·log·i·cal·ly, adverb
- an·thol·o·gist, noun
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How to use anthology in a sentence
But probably because we co-edited the Deadline Artists anthologies with our friend Jesse Angelo, we feel a fidelity to the form.
There are books on landmark years, special stunts, Moneyball-inspired statistics, a couple of novels and a handful of anthologies.
Home Runs, Frozen Ropes, And Some Wild Cards In Best Baseball Books | Robert Birnbaum | April 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe edited several anthologies, including The Obie Winners in 1980 and The Best of Off Broadway in 1984.
New York’s Greatest Show Or How They Did Not Screw Up ‘Guys and Dolls’ | Ross Wetzsteon | April 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe problem with these sorts of anthologies is that they are often given credit simply for showing up.
Great Weekend Reads: December 30, 2011 | Jacob Silverman, Michael Thomsen, Lauren Elkin | December 30, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Booker Prize winning Irish writer, Anne Enright, has entered the crowded fields of Irish short story anthologies.
This is the first attempt at an anthology of Yorkshire poetry, and the forerunner of many other anthologies.
Yorkshire Dialect Poems | F.W. MoormanThe “Song of the Gentleman” in particular might well be given a place in the anarchist anthologies of the future.
The English Stage | Augustin FilonAlthough it has been included in some anthologies, the author's name was kept an absolute secret until July, 1909.
Essays on Modern Novelists | William Lyon PhelpsIts distinctive feature is the characteristic which differentiates it from all the anthologies which preceded or have followed it.
Ephemera Critica | John Churton CollinsSwinburne is particularly well represented, as is seldom the case in anthologies.
Feminism and Sex-Extinction | Arabella Kenealy
British Dictionary definitions for anthology
/ (ænˈθɒlədʒɪ) /
a collection of literary passages or works, esp poems, by various authors
any printed collection of literary pieces, songs, works of art, etc
Origin of anthology
1Derived forms of anthology
- anthological (ˌænθəˈlɒdʒɪkəl), adjective
- anthologist, noun
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