Why don't we know any of the authors of Anglo Saxon literature?

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It's one of the questions on my English test.
I know they are anonymous, except for a few, but why exactly?
We never discussed why just that they are, that's why I'm having trouble.

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many of the stories were passed down by word of mouth because there was not a formal system of writing at that time. It was monks who finally wrote down many of the stories, and I assume they didn't put themselves as authors because it wasn't really their story, they were just copying it down.
 
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