How to cite from Short Story Criticism (SSC) in MLA Style format
When citing an essay that originally appeared in a journal, magazine or
newspaper and is reprinted in SSC use the following model:
Jones, William M. “The Plot as Search.” Studies in Short Fiction. 5.1 (1967): 37-43. Rpt. in
Short Story Criticism: Excerpts from Criticism of the Works of Short Fiction Writers.
Ed. Laurie Lanzen Harris and Sheila Fitzgerald. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 1988. 484-86.
Print.
When citing an essay that originally appeared in a book and is reprinted in SSC,
use the following model:
Glenn, Eunice. “Fantasy in the Fiction of Eudora Welty.” Critiques and Essays on Modern
Fiction: Representing the Achievement of Modern American and British Critics,19201951. Ed. John W. Aldridge. N.p.: Ronald Press, 1952. 506-17. Rpt. in Short Story
Criticism: Excerpts from Criticism of the Works of Short Fiction Writers. Ed. Laurie
Lanzen Harris and Sheila Fitzgerald. Vol. 1 Detroit: Gale, 1988. 470-73. Print.
The same examples from a database (e.g. Literature Resource Center)
Jones, William M. “The Plot as Search.” Studies in Short Fiction. 5.1 (1967): 37-43. Rpt. in
Short Story Criticism: Excerpts from Criticism of the Works of Short Fiction Writers.
Ed. Laurie Lanzen Harris and Sheila Fitzgerald. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 1988. 484-86.
Literature Resource Center. Web. 15 Dec. 2009.
Glenn, Eunice. “Fantasy in the Fiction of Eudora Welty.” Critiques and Essays on Modern
Fiction: Representing the Achievement of Modern American and British Critics,19201951. Ed. John W. Aldridge. N.p.: Ronald Press, 1952. 506-17. Rpt. in Short Story
Criticism: Excerpts from Criticism of the Works of Short Fiction Writers. Ed. Laurie
Lanzen Harris and Sheila Fitzgerald. Vol. 1 Detroit: Gale, 1988. 470-73. Literature
Resource Center. Web. 15 Dec. 2009.
Note: The same format can be used for other criticism titles like, Contemporary Literary
Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Shakespearean Criticism, or Twentieth-Century Literary
Criticism.
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