Between the title of the work and line numbers would come the word “line” or “lines“ ( Beowulf lines 1015-16). In a version where the sections are not numbered but line numbers are used, in the first in-text citation you would use the title of the work and line numbers. ![]() The title of the work could be left out for subsequent citations (11.710-15). However, if the work is presented in numbered sections-some translators or editors number the sections-and line numbers are also given, you would not use page numbers, rather section numbers and line numbers would follow the work title in the parenthetical reference, with a period separating the section number and line number or numbers ( Beowulf 8.530-35). If the work-generally you will be using a translation- is presented without section numbers, as in the original Anglo-Saxon poem, where the work is one long continuous text with spaces between the sections, and no line numbers are given, you would use a page number (or numbers) following the title of the work ( Beowulf 41). What comes next depends on how the work is presented in the actual version you are using. Because Beowulf is an anonymous poem, the first element of the in-text citation (as in the citation on the Works Cited page) will be the title of the work, in italics. In-text citations in MLA 8 th edition are done using parenthetical references. Anonymous books, since authors’ names are not known, are alphabetized on the Works Cited page under the first word of the book title, so Beowulf would be alphabetized under “B.”) (In the citation directly above, the title Beowulf would be placed in italics since it is a long poem usually published as a book by itself. ![]() While the citation directly above gives the correct arrangement of citation elements, be sure to indent the second line of the citation one half inch from the left margin on your Works Cited page. Norton Anthology of English Literature, general editor, Stephen Greenblatt. Beowulf Published as a Separate Book (Two examples are given)īeowulf: A New Verse Translation.
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