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Language

Articles are published in English. Submitted articles must include an abstract.

Manuscript Organization and Submission

1. The entire document must be in Times New Roman, 12 pt.
2. Leave one inch margin on all four sides of the paper.
3. No section headings should be used within the paper.
4. Indent the first line of every paragraph 0.5 inch from the left margin.
5. In-text citations must include the author’s last name and page number.
   Example: (James, 29)
6. Quotations longer than four lines should be indented 0.5 inch from the left margin as a block quotation without quotation marks. At the end of the quotation include an in-text citation.
7. Foreign or native words must be italicized.
   • Translation should be provided in footnotes.
   • If translation is provided by the author, indicate this in parentheses.
   • If the translation is taken from another source, cite the source in the footnotes.
8. Footnotes are used for explanatory notes (Times New Roman, 10 pt). Do not use symbols such as asterisks.
9. Do not use endnotes.

Works Cited

1. The Works Cited list must appear on a separate page at the end of the paper.
2. The title Works Cited should be centered without boldface or underline.
3. Entries must be arranged alphabetically by the author’s last name. If no author is available, begin with the title of the work.
4. After the first line of each entry, the following lines must be indented 0.5 inch.
5. All in-text citations must appear in the Works Cited list.
6. Periods should appear after the author’s name, title of the source, and at the end of each container.

Citation for Books

1. One Author

Alexis, Andre. Fifteen Dogs: An Apologue. Coach House Books, 2015.

2. More Than One Author

If the source has three or more authors, begin with the first author followed by et al.

Guttman, B., et al. Genetics: A Beginner’s Guide. Oneworld, 2002.

3. Multiple Works by One Author

For multiple works by the same author, write the author's name in the first entry only. Subsequent entries should replace the name with three hyphens.

Hume, Robert D. “The Economics of Culture in London, 1660-1740.” Huntington Library Quarterly 69.4 (2006): 487-533.

—. “Money in Jane Austen.” Review of English Studies 64.264 (2013): 289-310.

4. No Author

American Heritage Dictionary for Learners of English. Houghton, 2002.

5. Book in Translation

Paz, Octavio. In Light of India. Translated by Eliot Weinberger, Harcourt, 1997.

6. Chapter in a Book

Brant, Beth. “Coyote Learns a New Trick.” An Anthology of Canadian Native Literature in English, edited by Daniel David Moses and Terry Goldie, Oxford UP, 1992, pp. 148-150.

7. Book from Website

Poe, Edgar Allan. “The Gold Bug.” Short Stories for English Courses, edited by Rosa M.R. Mikels, Project Gutenberg, 2004. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/5403/pg5403-images.html

Citation from Journals

Journal in Print

Hagen, Patricia L., and Thomas W. Zelman. “‘We Were Never on the Scene of the Crime’: Eavan Boland’s Repossession of History.” Twentieth Century Literature, vol. 37, no. 4, 1991, pp. 442-453.

Online Journal

Poiger, Uta G. “Rock ‘n’ Roll, Female Sexuality, and the Cold War Battle over German Identities.” The Journal of Modern History 68.3 (1996): 577. JSTOR. Web. 2 Jan. 2013.

Citation from Newspapers

Newspaper in Print

Tumola, Cristabelle. “NYC Developers Seek to Justify High Prices with New Amenities.” Metro [New York City], 9 Aug. 2016, p. 4.