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You are not obligated to tell your reader the original sources of the quotations. Nor should you include any note numbers or parenthetical documentation from the original . . .
In edited collections of essays, the MLA places notes at the end of each essay and restarts note numbering at 1. We follow the same numbering practice . . .
Published 1 November 2019
If you are citing an editor's or translator's note for a work listed under the author's name, create a works-cited-list entry for . . .
Published 21 February 2019
Cite unpublished director's notes by following the MLA format template. List the director's name in the "Author" slot and provide a description in place of . . .
Published 11 October 2018
If you need to cite a paraphrase and a quotation that occur in the same sentence, you may provide the page numbers at the end of the . . .
No, but you could indicate in a note that the song was originally a poem. . . .
To cite a biographical note, mention it in your prose and then include the work in your works-cited list:
According to a biographical note in Edith . . .
No. In a research paper, dissertation, or other unpublished manuscript, you should select a standard font size (e.g., 12 points) and let the word processing program . . .
Yes, you should provide a works-cited-list entry if you refer the reader to a source for more information on a topic. Do not provide the . . .
Published 25 January 2018
In its publications, the MLA generally avoids using block quotations in notes. Exceptions would be made for quotations of more than one paragraph or for other extraordinarily . . .