Chapter 27. MLA Documentation
Chapter 27. MLA Documentation
Chapter 27. MLA Documentation
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<strong>MLA</strong> MODELS 27B-2 Books with editors,<br />
translators, etc.<br />
8. BOOK—EDITED<br />
Author<br />
Title<br />
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Weems, Mason L. The Life of Washington. 1800.<br />
Ed. Marcus Cunliffe. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1962.<br />
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Editor<br />
IN-TEXT NOTE: (Weems 202)<br />
Publication information<br />
(Place: Publisher,Year.)<br />
When editors, translators, or other contributors appear on the title page of a<br />
book, list their names and contributions after the title. Consider also the<br />
following factors when listing secondary contributors:<br />
• Are you citing a reader or anthology not focused on a single<br />
author? List the editors or compilers first, unless citing a specific selection.<br />
See Model 9<br />
• Are multiple secondary contributors listed on the title page? A<br />
book might be both edited and translated, for example. List all contributors<br />
shown on the title page as either the primary acknowledgment<br />
or a secondary one. See Models 10, 11<br />
• Is someone listed as contributing in two ways? List both contributions<br />
before the person’s name; after, if the person is given primary<br />
acknowledgment. See Model 12<br />
• Does it make sense to focus on someone other than the author? If<br />
you need to focus on an editor or translator, for example, present that<br />
person first in the entry, before the title. Then list the author of the<br />
book after the title (following the word By), where you would normally<br />
provide secondary acknowledgments. See Model 13<br />
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