How to cite Contemporary Criticism following MLA

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• Today, you are learning to cite an article from the book, Contemporary Literary Criticism which you find in the Reference area of V.V. Library.
• Contemporary Literary Criticism is going to give you excerpts of criticism published previously elsewhere. So, the first thing to do is to CITE THE ORIGINAL (the book or journal from where the excerpt was taken); then you CITE THE BOOK THAT PUBLISHED THE EXCERPT, Contemporary Literary Criticism.
• Look at the end of the excerpt to find out who wrote this criticism and from where was it taken. This is the information you need to cite the original.
• These excerpts are coming from books. We know that because a publisher is mentioned.

Frock, W.M. "Ernest Hemingway: The River and the Hawk." The Novel of Violence in America. 1957. 

		Rev. ed. N.p.: Beacon, 1964. 166-198

• How do you know when an excerpt is coming from a book?
  • a) I see the name of the editor and the publisher
  • b) Sometimes you have to guess
  • c) I see the day and month of the article, plus the volume and issue number

Frock, W.M. "Ernest    Hemingway: The River and the Hawk." The Novel of Violence in America. Rev. ed. N.p.: Beacon, 1964. 166-198.

The second part of the citation is the information about the book where the excerpt was printed.

Excerpt from Contemporary Criticism. Ed. Carolyn Rilely. Detroit: Gale-Book Tower, 1973. 141.Print.

The complete citation should look like this:

Frock, W.M. "Ernest Hemingway: The River and the Hawk." The Novel of Violence in America. 1957. 

		Rev. ed. N.p.: Beacon, 1964. 166-198. Excerpt from Contemporary Criticism. 

		Ed. Carolyn Rilely. Detroit: Gale-Book Tower, 1973. 141.Print. 

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