Anonymous is used for works whose original author is unknown, disputed or deliberately uncredited rather than for a single writer with a consistent body of work. In book catalogues, the name can cover very different kinds of material: traditional tales, old poems, religious or historical texts, memoirs published without an author's name, and works transmitted for generations before being written down. Because these books do not share one style or subject, the most useful way to choose among them is by the individual title, period, genre and edition rather than by treating Anonymous as an author in the usual sense. Because Anonymous is not a single creative identity, internal linking works best through the individual work's genre, period, language, tradition and edition rather than through stylistic comparisons with named authors. Read more Less