Two or more works by the same author (MLA)

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Beginning of works cited entries

García, Cristina.

---.

Complete works cited entries

García, Cristina. Dreams of Significant Girls. Simon and Schuster, 2011.

---. The Lady Matador’s Hotel. Scribner, 2010.

Explain

  • For two or more works by the same author, first alphabetize the works by title (ignoring the article A, An, or The at the beginning of a title).
  • Use the author’s name only for the first entry.
  • Begin all subsequent entries with three hyphens followed by a period. The three hyphens must stand for exactly the same name as in the first entry.

General guidelines for the MLA works cited list

Directory to MLA works cited models

How to answer the basic question “Who is the author?”