anthology
Gathered writings volume
An anthology is a collection of literary works—poems, stories, essays—gathered into a single volume, usually organized around a theme, period, or genre: a Norton anthology of American literature, an anthology of science fiction.
The term extends to other media: a film anthology, an anthology series on television.
The compiler is an anthologist.
Gathered works assembled together
- compendiumCondensed reference collection
- omnibusVolume of gathered writings
- assemblageCollected group of things
- treasuryStored organizational funds
reader · collected works · aggregation · gathering · corpus · archive · repository · digest
Amount of space filled
- bookBound written work
- paperbackBook with flexible cover
- hardcoverRigid-bound book format
- tomeSubstantial scholarly volume
edition · textbook · coursebook · reader · ebook · audiobook · chapbook · series
Metrical literary composition
- fictionImagined narrative work
- essaysShort nonfiction prose pieces
- proseUnversified language
- verseMetered poetic passage
fables · folktales · excerpts · passages · selections · writings · texts · works
One who revises text
- selectionChosen item or items
- handpickedPersonally selected with care
- curationSelective organization of items
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
editorial · introduction · foreword · annotation · commentary · contributor · inclusion · arrangement
Category of creative work
- motifRecurring thematic element
- themeCentral recurring concept
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
- movementChange in position
regional · multicultural · contemporary · historical · feminist · postcolonial · noir · gothic
compilation
Gathered works assembled together
- compendiumCondensed reference collection
- omnibusVolume of gathered writings
- assemblageCollected group of things
treasury · reader · collected works · aggregation · gathering · corpus · archive · repository · digest · sampler
volume
Amount of space filled
tome · edition · textbook · coursebook · reader · ebook · audiobook · chapbook · series · annual
poetry
Metrical literary composition
verse · fables · folktales · excerpts · passages · selections · writings · texts · works · pieces
editor
One who revises text
- selectionChosen item or items
- handpickedPersonally selected with care
- curationSelective organization of items
discernment · editorial · introduction · foreword · annotation · commentary · contributor · inclusion · arrangement · sequencing
genre
Category of creative work
movement · regional · multicultural · contemporary · historical · feminist · postcolonial · noir · gothic · romantic
- booksnovel, textbooks, study guides, book, paperback
- nonfictionbiography, autobiography, biographies, history, memoir
- nonfiction genresbiography, memoir, autobiography, history, science
- poetrypoem, poems, poetry, verse, verses
- book collectionscomplete works, box set, boxed set, collected works, volumes
- compilationscompilation, collection, collected stories, compendium, collected works
anthologycomplete works
Entire literary output
novel · unabridged edition · omnibus · magnum opus · full text
- anthology seriesSelf-contained seasonal storytelling format
- horror anthologiesCompilations of frightening tales
- horror anthologyGathered tales of terror
- comic anthologiesCollected humorous sequential art
- poetry anthologyCompiled selection of poems
- anthology horrorCompiled macabre short stories
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