Edition ed., Publisher, Edition publication year.īrontë, Emily. If the original publication date is relevant or necessary to put the source in context, you can also include this directly after the title. 2nd ed., Routledge, 1999.Ĭlassic books are often published and republished many times. Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. Edition ed., Publisher, Year.īutler, Judith.

Note that versions of the Bible are treated slightly differently. If the book cover or title page specifies an edition, add the edition number or name, followed by the abbreviation “ed.”, after the title. Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet: Ghosts and Monsters of the Anthropocene. MLA formatĮditor last name, First name, editor. Include the editor(s) where the author would usually go, with a label to identify their role. If you refer to a whole collection without citing a specific work within it, follow the standard book citation format. “Catastrophe.” The Collected Shorter Plays, Grove Press, 2010, pp.

“ Title of Chapter or Work.” Book Title, Publisher, Year, pp. a collection of a single author’s poems or plays), use the same format, but leave out the editor element.Īuthor last name, First name. If you are citing a work from a book with no named editor (e.g. If there are more than two editors, follow the same rules as for citing multiple authors: name only the first editor followed by et al.

If there are two editors, give the full names of both. Start the Works Cited entry with the author and title of the chapter, followed by the book’s title, editor, publisher, and date, and end with the page range on which the chapter appears. If you cite several chapters from the same book, include a separate Works Cited entry for each one. A similar format can be used to cite images from books or dictionary entries. Use this format if the book’s chapters are written by different authors, or if the book is a collection of self-contained works (such as stories, essays, poems or plays). Frequently asked questions about MLA style.Where to find information for a book citation.

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