Long work from a website (MLA)

Works cited entry

Milton, John. Paradise Lost: Book I. Poetry Foundation, 2014, www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/174987.

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For a long work, such as a book, a play, or a long poem, give these elements in the works cited entry:

  • the author
  • the title of the long work, italicized
  • the title of the website on which the work is found, italicized
  • the publisher of the site
  • the date of publication or most recent update
  • your date of access if there is no update date

NOTE: When a URL must be divided at the end of a line, break it before a period or a hyphen or after any other mark of punctuation. Do not insert a hyphen at the end of the line.

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Basic format for a book (on the web)