Anthology

Anthology

An anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler. It may be a collection of poems, short stories, plays, songs, or excerpts. In genre fiction anthology is used to categorize collections of shorter works such as short stories and short novels, usually collected into a single volume for publication.

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Famous quotes containing the word anthology:

    ... the most grandiose result of the photographic enterprise is to give us the sense that we can hold the whole world in our heads—as an anthology of images.
    Susan Sontag (b. 1933)

    I please
    To plant some more dew-wet anemones
    That they may weep.
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    Where seven anemones with down-dropped heads
    Wept tears of dew upon the stone beneath.
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