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In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs, or related fiction/non-fiction excerpts by different authors. There are also thematic and genre-based anthologies.
The Norton Anthology of English Literature is an anthology of English literature published by W. W. Norton & Company, one of several such compendiums.First published in 1962, it has gone through ten editions; as of 2006 there are over eight million copies in print, making it the publisher's best-selling anthology. [1]
Literary movements are a way to divide literature into categories of similar philosophical, topical, or aesthetic features, as opposed to divisions by genre or period. Like other categorizations, literary movements provide language for comparing and discussing literary works.
The history of literature is the historical development of writings in prose or poetry that attempt to provide entertainment or education to the reader, as well as the development of the literary techniques used in the communication of these pieces.
If the recordings are from several artists, there may be a theme, topic, time period, or genre which links the tracks, [3] [4] or they may have been intended for release as a single work—such as a tribute album. [5] When the tracks are by the same recording artist, the album may be referred to as a retrospective album or an anthology. [6]
An anthology, literally "a garland" or "collection of flowers", is a collection of literary works, originally of poems. This category should hold only articles about anthologies which are of broad scope and generally non-fiction and non-literary, or are mixed works (fiction, poetry, etc.) which are mixed with non-fiction works (speeches, essays, etc.)
Artists' books (such as An Anthology of Chance Operations) and multiples [28] (as well as happenings), were central to Fluxus' ethos disdaining galleries and institutions, replacing them with "art in the community", and the definition of what was and wasn't a book became increasingly elastic throughout the decade as the two forms collided.
An anthology is a collection of literary works.. Anthology or anthologies may also refer to: . Anthology film, a feature film consisting of several different short films ...