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.
• These slides are NOT from a digitized book or an electronic book. They are just a "picture" of the books that we have in the Reference area.
• The book was scanned so you could use your computer to see how the original book looks.
• Contemporary Literary Criticism is going to give you excerpts of criticism published previously elsewhere.
• irst you cite THE ORIGINAL (the book or journal from where the excerpt was taken);
• then you CITE THE BOOK THAT PUBLISHED THE EXCERPT.
• At the end of the excerpt you find the information you need to cite the original.
• In this example, the information available is:

Olga W. Vickery. "The Sound and the Fury: a Study in Perspective." in The Sound and the Fury an Authoritative Text Backgrounds and Contexts, Criticism, edited by David Minter, W.W. Norton & Co. 1987, pp. 293-311.

Quiz Question:

• How do you know this criticism originally came from a book, not a journal?
  • 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

  Answer: A

Quiz Question:

• Who is the author of this criticism?

Olga W. Vickery. "The Sound and the Fury: a Study in Perspective." in The Sound and the Fury an Authoritative Text Backgrounds and Contexts, Criticism, edited by David Minter, W.W. Norton & Co. 1987, pp. 293-311.

• a) David Minter
• b) Olga W. Vickery
• c) W.W. Norton

Answer: B

Vickery, Olga W. "The Sound a the Fury a Study in Perspective." 
	The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner: an Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and 
	Contexts, Criticisms. Ed. David Minter, N.p.: Norton, 1987. 293-311.

Quiz Question:

• In the above example. what "N.p." stands for?
  • a) None of your business
  • b) no page numbers
  • c) No place (of publication mentioned)

   

  Answer: C

• In the title page of Contemporary Criticism you see a Volume number. This indicates that Contemporary Criticism is series, so you will need this number in your citation.
• You also need the first editor mentioned.
• Gale is the publisher. Where is Gale located? (Use the first place mentioned, in this case, Detroit.)
• If you don't see a date on the title page, turn the page over and look for a copyright date.

Quiz Question:

• Where is Gale located?
  • a) Scotland
  • b) Detroit
  • c) Boston

Quiz Question:

• How do you cite an excerpt in CLC?

• a) First the original, where the excerpt was taken, then the book, CLC
• b) You give the information as it appears, order is not important.
• c) Citing CLC and the volume number is enough

Answer: A

• This is how you cite the second part of the citation or the book Contemporary Literary Criticism:

Excerpted and reprinted in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Roger Matuz. Vo. 68. Detroit: Gale, 1991. 108-116.

• This is how the complete citation should look:

Vickery, Olga W. "The Sound and the Fury: A Study in Perspective."
	 The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner: an Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Contexts, 
	Criticisms. Ed. David Minter. N.p.: Norton, 1987. 293-311. Excerpted and reprinted 
	in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Roger Matuz. Vol 68. Detroit: Gale, 1991. 108-116.

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