If a quotation starts on one page and continues on a consecutive page or pages, should the in-text citation include the span or just the page on which the quote began?
Note: This post relates to content in the eighth edition of the MLA Handbook. For up-to-date guidance, see the ninth edition of the MLA Handbook.
Include the page span in your in-text citation:
(62–63)
(Jones 137–38)
See the MLA Handbook, section 2.5.1, for how to style nonconsecutive page ranges.