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———. “Norman in Egypt.” . '''Ed. and with Intro. Harold Bloom'''. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2003.
———. “Norman in Egypt.” . '''Ed. and with Intro. Harold Bloom'''. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2003.
:{{Reply to|Amylhester}} First, be sure you're using citation templates. Just using editor here is fine, unless you're citing the intro.




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Brecht, Bertolt. Brecht on Theater: the Development of an Aesthetic. '''Trans. and ed. by John Willet'''. New York: Hill and Wang, 2001.
Brecht, Bertolt. Brecht on Theater: the Development of an Aesthetic. '''Trans. and ed. by John Willet'''. New York: Hill and Wang, 2001.
 
:You could use both in the template, or pick the more important: in this case editor.


3. What to do if editor citation lists and editor and et al.?
3. What to do if editor citation lists and editor and et al.?


Adorno, Teodor, '''et al'''. Aesthetics and Politics. New York: Verso, 1978.
Adorno, Teodor, '''et al'''. Aesthetics and Politics. New York: Verso, 1978.
:Find the orginal source and list the editors. —[[User:Grlucas|Grlucas]] ([[User talk:Grlucas|talk]]) 07:50, 3 September 2020 (EDT)
::{{Reply to|Grlucas}} Thank you for your help. [[User:Amylhester|Amylhester]] ([[User talk:Amylhester|talk]]) 00:31, 4 September 2020 (EDT)
[[User:Amylhester|Amylhester]] ([[User talk:Amylhester|talk]]) 01:49, 7 September 2020 (EDT)
My citations included 2 journals which didn't exactly fit the usual MLA style - missing the volume and issue numbers and used month instead. I looked up the citations using GALILEO to find that information and included it and wanted to double-check that was the correct thing to do.
original text:
Nielson, Heather.“Jack’s Ghost: Reappearances of John Kennedy in the work of Gore Vidal and
Norman Mailer.” American Studies International (October 1997): 23–24.
Whalen-Bridge, John. “The Myth of American Adam in Late Mailer.” Connotations (1995–6):
304–321.
the citations I added to my article:
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* {{cite journal |last=Nielson |first=Heather |title=Jack's Ghost: Reappearances of John Kennedy in the work of Gore Vidal and Norman Mailer |url= |journal=American Studies International |volume=35 |issue=3 |date=1997 |pages=23-24 |access-date= |ref=harv }}
* {{cite journal |last=Whalen-Bridge |first=John |title=The Myth of American Adam in Late Mailer |url= |journal=Connotations |volume=5 |issue=2-3 |date=1995|pages=304-321 |access-date= |ref=harv }}
{{Refend}}
:{{Reply to|Amylhester}} These look good to me. Well done. —[[User:Grlucas|Grlucas]] ([[User talk:Grlucas|talk]]) 08:30, 7 September 2020 (EDT)

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Amylhester (talk) 00:29, 3 September 2020 (EDT)

questions -

1. Include the "Ed. and with Intro. Harold Bloom" portion?

———. “Norman in Egypt.” . Ed. and with Intro. Harold Bloom. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2003.

@Amylhester: First, be sure you're using citation templates. Just using editor here is fine, unless you're citing the intro.


2. What if ed. and trans. by same person and with a different author??

Brecht, Bertolt. Brecht on Theater: the Development of an Aesthetic. Trans. and ed. by John Willet. New York: Hill and Wang, 2001.

You could use both in the template, or pick the more important: in this case editor.

3. What to do if editor citation lists and editor and et al.?

Adorno, Teodor, et al. Aesthetics and Politics. New York: Verso, 1978.

Find the orginal source and list the editors. —Grlucas (talk) 07:50, 3 September 2020 (EDT)
@Grlucas: Thank you for your help. Amylhester (talk) 00:31, 4 September 2020 (EDT)

Amylhester (talk) 01:49, 7 September 2020 (EDT)

My citations included 2 journals which didn't exactly fit the usual MLA style - missing the volume and issue numbers and used month instead. I looked up the citations using GALILEO to find that information and included it and wanted to double-check that was the correct thing to do.

original text:

Nielson, Heather.“Jack’s Ghost: Reappearances of John Kennedy in the work of Gore Vidal and Norman Mailer.” American Studies International (October 1997): 23–24.

Whalen-Bridge, John. “The Myth of American Adam in Late Mailer.” Connotations (1995–6): 304–321.

the citations I added to my article:

  • Nielson, Heather (1997). "Jack's Ghost: Reappearances of John Kennedy in the work of Gore Vidal and Norman Mailer". American Studies International. 35 (3): 23–24.
  • Whalen-Bridge, John (1995). "The Myth of American Adam in Late Mailer". Connotations. 5 (2–3): 304–321.
@Amylhester: These look good to me. Well done. —Grlucas (talk) 08:30, 7 September 2020 (EDT)