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Throughout the history of literature, since the creation of bound texts in the forms of books and codices, various works have been published and written anonymously, often due to their political or controversial nature, or merely for the purposes of the privacy of their authors, among other reasons. This article provides a list of literary works published anonymously, either explicitly attributed to "Anonymous", or published with no specific author's name given.

A work that is published anonymously differs from works published under a pseudonym.

Not included in this list are works which predate the advent of publishing and general attribution of authorship, such as ancient written inscriptions (such as hieroglyphic or pictographical, transcribed texts), certain historical folklore and myths of oral traditions now published as text, and reference or plain texts (letters, notes, graffiti) recovered archaeologically, which are otherwise unimportant to literary studies. Religious texts and grimoires, which are often written anonymously, may appear, along with works initially written anonymously whose authors are now known.

This list is ordered alphabetically by title.

Works predating the Common Era

Ancient Mesopotamian works

See also: Sumerian literature, Sumerian creation myth, Babylonian religion, Mesopotamian myths, Sumerian religion, and the Epic of Gilgamesh

Ancient Egyptian works

See also: Ancient Egyptian literature and Ancient Egyptian mythology

Other works

Early classics

15th century

Modern pasquinades glued to the Pasquino statue in Rome.

16th century

17th century

18th century

19th century

20th century

21st century

See also

References

  1. ^ Richards, Irving T. (1933). The Life and Works of John Neal (PhD thesis). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University. p. 661. OCLC 7588473.
  2. ^ Elmer, Jonathan (2012). "John Neal and John Dunn Hunter". In Watts, Edward; Carlson, David J. (eds.). John Neal and Nineteenth Century American Literature and Culture. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania: Bucknell University Press. p. 150. ISBN 9781611484205.
  3. ^ Bain, Robert (1971). "Introduction". In Bain, Robert (ed.). Seventy-Six. Bainbridge, New York: York Mail—Print, Inc. p. xxii. OCLC 40318310.. Facsimile reproduction of 1823 Baltimore edition by John Neal, two volumes in one.
  4. ^ "Jack Pots: stories of the great American game by Eugene Edwards". Lybrary.com. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Lybrary: Eugene Edwards". www.lybrary.com. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  6. ^ "L'auteur du Livre sans nom se confie". Metro France. Archived from the original on 16 September 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2012.

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