MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing

by Joseph Gibaldi, Herbert Lindenberger (foreword)

Since its publication in 1985, the MLA STYLE MANUAL has been the standard guide for graduate students, teachers & scholars in the humanities & for professional writers in many fields. Extensively reorganized & revised, the eagerly awaited 2nd edition contains new sections & updated guidelines on citing electronic works-including sources from the Internet.
Foreword by Herbert Lindenberger
Acknowledgements
Scholarly Publishing
Legal Issues in Scholarly Publishing
Basics of Scholarly Writing
Preparation of Scholarly Manuscripts
Preparation of Theses & Dissertations
Documentation: Preparing the List of
Work Cited
Documentation: Citing Sources in the
Text
Abbreviations
Other Systems of Documentation
Sources of Examples
Index

Genres: Reference, Writing, Own, Grad School, Nonfiction

343 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1985

Reviews

[Benjamin Davidson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Of all the books I've ever read, this is the one that most took me by surprise. I expected to treat this as a mere reference for college essay writing, but found myself returning to it for clarity on specific formatting of bibliographic details so frequently that I eventually sat down and read it cover to cover. The example content was itself interesting enough to keep me occupied, but reading the book completely gave me a much greater appreciation for the goals of the MLA style, and the rationale behind its structure, allowing me to occasionally derive the appropriate approach on new formatting issues when I didn't have the book handy. Believe it or not, this book is actually worth reading.

[Erik Graff · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first two parts of this manual, that on scholarly publishing and that on legal issues of scholarly publishing, are actually readable. The rest is best used as a reference for professionals in the humanities governed by Modern Language Association conventions. This is not a general style guide. Hold on to your high school grammar and style texts for that or purchase the University of Chicago Manual which is more extensive in its coverage of rules and conventions.

[kaitlyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Chicago spoiled me I think. MLA has less than half the information Chicago does and it isn't as well organized. My boss and I spent half an hour trying to figure out a question about block quotes, and we ended up just following Chicago because MLA didn't tell us what to do. Lame.

[Dora]

Not that useful any more, but I can't seem to remove it from my reference shelf. I'd actually go on-line to the Purdue OWL Web site if I had a reference question these days.

[Jaswinder Bolina · Rating 5 out of 5]

epic.

[Artlab]

English Reference

[Jenny]

A useful one to have close at hand. Though I don't have to look much up in it these days. Habit keeps it on my desk, I guess.

[Kara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Invaluable

[Peter Anderson · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good book for pedants like me :-)

[Christina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Indispensable. Also, great for procrastinating.

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Needs updating.