Definition of Anthologies

1. Noun. (plural of anthology) ¹

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Definition of Anthologies

1. anthology [n] - See also: anthology

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Literary usage of Anthologies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Bookman's Manual: A Guide to Literature by Bessie Graham (1921)
"Some anthologies contain both prose and poetry. This chapter will deal only with anthologies of poetry. There are three anthologies, each about fifty years ..."

2. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1913)
"Anthologies and Literary Histories. —Yale Book of American Terse, ... The charmingly written Introduction, "A Word about Anthologies," justifies the ..."

3. The Democracy of the Constitution: And Other Addresses and Essays by Henry Cabot Lodge (1915)
"... a gathering of flowers, or what we, borrowing their word, call an anthology. So to those austere souls who regard anthologies as a labor-saving ..."

4. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1918)
"In comparison with the other anthologies these poems are not of such high literary ... Anthologies OF FOREIGN VERSE There are two recent anthologies of ..."

5. Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books by Alice Bertha Kroeger (1904)
"Anthologies AND QUOTATIONS Anthologies and books of quotations are very numerous. Even a small library must have several in order to answer many questions ..."

6. Poetry by Modern Poetry Association (1916)
"... it is not at all surprising that he should shelter many diverse spirits under the cloak of an inclusive personality. REVIEWS TWO Anthologies ACH Some ..."

7. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1908)
"CHAPTER XI THE MIDDLE SCOTS Anthologies: ANONYMOUS VERSE AND EARLY PROSE STRONG as was the Chaucerian influence on the Scottish poets during the fifteenth ..."

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