Definition of "retrospective" []

• Looking back on, contemplating, or directed to the past. (adjective)
• Looking or directed backward. (adjective)
• Applying to or influencing the past; retroactive. (adjective)
• Of, relating to, or being a retrospective: a retrospective art exhibition. (adjective)
• An exhibition or performance of works produced by an artist over a considerable period. (noun)

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• "The Best of Lucius Shepard, a career retrospective, is now available from Subterranean Press, and next year will see the publication of a new as yet untitled novel."
• "Between 60 and 41 yesterday we included a four-sided memoir of a one-of-a-kind childhood, a big retrospective from a master of the short-short-short story, a delirious trilogy-ender from the Demon Dog himself, a tiny and spellbindingly lovely novel of memory, and a travel tale far smarter than its sexpot cover would lead you to think."
• "A highlight of the retrospective is "Eldorado/Creation" (2008), in which he captures a new dance piece choreographed by Angelin Preljocaj, featuring a score by Karlheinz Stockhausen."