

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, originally published anonymously.The Federalist Papers, by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay originally published under the pseudonym "Publius".Common Sense (pamphlet) by Thomas Paine, originally published anonymously.The Sorrows of Yamba by Hannah More, originally published anonymously.Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin, originally published anonymously.Anti-Machiavel by Frederick the Great, originally published anonymously.Malthus, originally published anonymously An Essay on the Principle of Population by T.R.All works published after 1788 by Sylvain Maréchal.Narrative of Some Things of New Spain and of the Great City of Temestitan.Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, published anonymously at the time, now considered likely to have been written by Francesco Colonna.The pasquinades (satirical poems) glued to the Talking Statues of Rome.See also: Ancient Egyptian literature and Ancient Egyptian mythologyġ5th century Modern pasquinades glued to the Pasquino statue in Rome. Works predating the Common Era Ancient Mesopotamian works This list is ordered alphabetically by title. Religious texts and grimoires, which are often written anonymously, may appear, along with works initially written anonymously whose authors are now known. 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. This article provides a list of literary works published anonymously, either attributed to " Anonymous", or with no specific author's name given. 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. JSTOR ( January 2013) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.įind sources: "List of anonymously published works" – news

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