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MLA Style: Introduction, Preface, Foreword, or Afterword

Introduction by editor of authored book

Neill, Michael. Introduction. Othello, the Moor of Venice, by William Shakespeare, edited by Neill, Oxford UP, 2006, pp. 1-179.

Narrative citation: Neill . . . (57)

Parenthetical citation: (Neill 57)

Introduction by third editor of anthology

Ruffo, Armand Garnet. Introduction. An Anthology of Canadian Native Literature in English, edited by Daniel David Moses et al., 4th ed., Oxford UP, 2013, pp. xxi-xxxv.

Narrative citation: Ruffo . . . (xxiii-xxiv)

Parenthetical citation: (Ruffo xxiii-xxiv)

Preface to authored book

Ohman, Mark. Prologue. Plankton: Wonders of the Drifting World, by Christian Sardet, edited by Rafael D. Rosengarten and Theodore Rosengarten, translated by Sardet and Dana Sardet, U of Chicago P, 2015, pp. 4-5.

Narratve citation: Ohman . . . (4)

Parenthetical citation: (Ohman 4)