In the traditional "humanities" writing style it may happen to refer to an author and want to cite his/her works without the author name, perhaps because you are discussing him/her works and adding the name would be redundant. I am not necessary referring to ibidem styles or similar, but to how to introduce bibliographic data whenever the author name is useless or does not fit well in the context. Here is a MWE (not really minimal because I obviously need some citations:
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[style=verbose-note]{biblatex}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@Article{Annas:HellenisticVersion,
Title = {{T}he {H}ellenistic {V}ersion of {A}ristotle's {E}thics},
Author = {Annas, Julia},
Journal = {The Monist},
Pages = {80-96},
Year = {1989},
Volume = {73},
}
@Article{Annas:Emotions,
Title = {{E}picurean {E}motions},
Author = {Annas, Julia},
Journal = {GRBS},
Pages = {145-64},
Year = {1989},
Volume = {30},
}
@Book{Annas:Morality,
Title = {{T}he {M}orality of {H}appiness},
Location = {New York - Oxford},
Author = {Annas, Julia},
Publisher = {Oxford University Press},
Year = {1993},
}
@Book{Annas:Intelligent-virtue,
Title = {{I}ntelligent virtue},
Location = {Oxford},
Author = {Annas, Julia},
Publisher = {Oxford University Press},
Year = {2011},
}
\end{filecontents}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}
% CITENOAUTHOR
\newcommand\citenoauthor[1]{%
{\citetitle{#1}\addspace%
\mkbibparens{%
\citelist{#1}{location}\addcolon\addspace%
\citelist{#1}{publisher}\addcomma\addspace%
\citeyear{#1}}%
}%
}
%
\begin{document}
\section{Standard}
Annas' well known book of ancient ethics is very important%
\footnote{\cite{Annas:Morality}. I would refer also to another
more recent work, \cite{Annas:Intelligent-virtue}.}%
. Her article on Aristotle and the Hellenistic world is worth mentioning%
\footnote{\cite{Annas:HellenisticVersion}. See also her contribution on
Epicurus: \cite{Annas:Emotions}.}.
\section{New version}
Annas' book is very important%
\footnote{\cite{Annas:Morality}. I would refer also to another
more recent work, \citenoauthor{Annas:Intelligent-virtue}.}%
. Her article on Aristotle is good%
\footnote{\cite{Annas:HellenisticVersion}. See also her contribution on
Epicurus: \citenoauthor{Annas:Emotions}.}.
%
\end{document}
I defined a newcommand which I called \citenoauthor. It prints all the fields/lists I need except the author. It works well for books but not for article, for example. I tried do use \ifentrytype{book}{...} but I did not succeed. Any possible definition to say "now, and only now, do not print the author field"?
I attach also the output of this example. Note 3 is OK, but note 4, referring to an article, is obviously wrong:
1 Standard
Annas’ well known book of ancient ethics is very important[1]. Her article on Aristotle and the Hellenistic world is worth mentioning[2].
2 New version
Annas’ well known book of ancient ethics is very important[3]. Her article on Aristotle and the Hellenistic world is worth mentioning[4].
1 Julia Annas. The Morality of Happiness. New York - Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. I would refer also to another more recent work, Julia Annas. Intelligent virtue. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.
2 Julia Annas. “The Hellenistic Version of Aristotle’s Ethics”. In: The Monist 73 (1989), pp. 80–96. See also her contribution on Epicurus: Julia Annas. “Epicurean Emotions”. In: GRBS 30 (1989), pp. 145–64.
3 Annas, The Morality of Happiness, see n. 1. I would refer also to another more recent work, Intelligent virtue (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).
4 Annas, “The Hellenistic Version of Aristotle’s Ethics”, see n. 2. See also her contribution on Epicurus: “Epicurean Emotions” (location: publisher, 1989).
Thank you!
