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? asked in Arts & HumanitiesBooks & Authors · 1 decade ago

MLA citation question?

I'm trying to cite a new edition of Charles Dickens' Hard Times. The novel was published in 1853, but Oxford World's Classics (the publisher I'm using) didn't print it until 1989, and their most recent reissue was 2008. The most recent MLA guidelines say I should cite most novels like this:

Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher,

Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.

or new editions like this:

Crowley, Sharon, and Debra Hawhee. Ancient Rhetorics for Contemporary

Students. 3rd ed. New York: Pearson/Longman, 2004. Print.

I suspect I should use the second format, but which year do I use, 2008 or 1853?

Thanks so much. :)

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I would use 2008.

  • 1 decade ago

    1853

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