anthologies
Gathered literary works
Anthologies are collections of selected literary works—poems, stories, essays—gathered in a single volume.
An anthology might organize pieces by theme, period, or genre: a Norton anthology of American literature, an anthology of science fiction.
The term extends to other curated compilations: a film anthology, an anthology series on television.
Metrical literary composition
- proseUnversified language
- fictionImagined narrative work
- essaysShort nonfiction prose pieces
- storiesAccounts or building levels
tales · narratives · classics · novellas · manuscripts · verses · sonnets · ballads
Gathered works assembled together
- compendiumCondensed reference collection
- omnibusVolume of gathered writings
- treasuryStored organizational funds
- assemblageCollected group of things
gathering · accumulation · aggregation · assortment · miscellany · potpourri · medley · ensemble
Chosen item or items
- editorialPublication's official viewpoint article
- handpickedPersonally selected with care
- curatedDeliberately selected and organized
- compiledGathered and arranged
collated · assembled · arranged · organized · editor · discerning · judicious · annotated
Category of creative work
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
- romanceLove and its excitement
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
science fiction · crime · adventure · speculative · cyberpunk · steampunk · westerns · mythology
Including multiple ethnic traditions
- variedDiffering in type
- eclecticDeriving from varied sources
- inclusiveCovering all members
- wide-rangingCovering many subjects
international · cosmopolitan · intercultural · cross-cultural · global · representative · voices · perspectives
poetry
Metrical literary composition
stories · tales · narratives · classics · novellas · manuscripts · verses · sonnets · ballads · monologues
compilation
Gathered works assembled together
- compendiumCondensed reference collection
- omnibusVolume of gathered writings
- treasuryStored organizational funds
assemblage · gathering · accumulation · aggregation · assortment · miscellany · potpourri · medley · ensemble · bundle
selection
Chosen item or items
- editorialPublication's official viewpoint article
- handpickedPersonally selected with care
- curatedDeliberately selected and organized
compiled · collated · assembled · arranged · organized · editor · discerning · judicious · annotated · introduction
genre
Category of creative work
mystery · science fiction · crime · adventure · speculative · cyberpunk · steampunk · westerns · mythology · folklore
multicultural
Including multiple ethnic traditions
wide-ranging · international · cosmopolitan · intercultural · cross-cultural · global · representative · voices · perspectives · multilingual
- publishingpublishers, editors, editor, publishing house, books
- anthologiescollection, poetry collection, compilation, short story collections, essay collection
- indie publishingsmall press, indie press, self-publishing, self-published, chapbooks
- Mistral Workspoetry collections
- Qing Poetrycourt poetry
- Sangam Tamil
- horror anthologiesCompilations of frightening tales
- comic anthologiesCollected humorous sequential art
- music anthologiesCurated song collections
- story anthologiesCurated collections of narratives
- literature anthologiesVolumes of selected writings