Single author (MLA)

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Beginning of works cited entry

Bowker, Gordon.

Complete works cited entry

Bowker, Gordon. James Joyce: A New Biography. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.

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For a work with one author, begin with the author’s last name, followed by a comma; then give the author’s first name, followed by a period.

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