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Modern Language Association (MLA)
The Middle English Texts Series. The Rossell Hope Robbins Library at the University of Rochester, 2024, https://metseditions.org. Accessed 6 Mar. 2024.
Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS), 17th edition
The Middle English Texts Series (website). The Rossell Hope Robbins Library at the University of Rochester. 2024. https://metseditions.org.
MLA Works Cited (Bibliography Entry Format)
CMOS Bibliography
MLA
Major work in an anthology or collection:
Fein, Susanna, editor and translator. The Owl and the Nightingale. The Owl and the Nightingale and the English Poems of Oxford, Jesus College, MS 29 (II), edited by Fein, Medieval Institute Publications, 2022. The Middle English Texts Series. https://metseditions.org/editions/465Pm1LSPGpfxLahvLzDsbgz6MPj6m. Accessed 6 Mar. 2024.
Minor work in an anthology or collection:
Fein, Susanna, editor and translator. “Song of the Annunciation.” The Owl and the Nightingale and the English Poems of Oxford, Jesus College, MS 29 (II), edited by Fein, Medieval Institute Publications, 2022. The Middle English Texts Series. https://metseditions.org/editions/465Pm1LSPGpfxLahvLzDsbgz6MPj6m. Accessed 6 Mar. 2024.
CMOS
Major work in an anthology or collection:
Fein, Susanna, ed. and trans. The Owl and the Nightingale. In The Owl and the Nightingale and the English Poems of Oxford, Jesus College, MS 29 (II). The Middle English Texts Series. Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute Publications, 2022. https://metseditions.org/editions/465Pm1LSPGpfxLahvLzDsbgz6MPj6m.
Minor work in an anthology or collection:
Fein, Susanna, ed. and trans. “Song of the Annunciation.” In The Owl and the Nightingale and the English Poems of Oxford, Jesus College, MS 29 (II), edited and translated by Susanna Fein. The Middle English Texts Series. Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute Publications, 2022. https://metseditions.org/read/gNYQbyv9ILR7s9qEU9QBQTMGY1vmADz.
MLA Book on a website or in a database, with a DOI
Book with a known premodern author:
Lydgate, John. John Lydgate’s Dance of Death and Related Works. Edited by Megan L. Cook and Elizaveta Strakhov, Medieval Institute Publications, 2019. The Middle English Texts Series, https://metseditions.org/editions/GPammADHY9jzU9yEU85LzuYadVxe4ZM. Accessed 6 Mar. 2024.
Book without a known premodern author:
Smith, Trevor Russell and Michael Livingston, editors. Of Knyghthode and Bataile. Medieval Institute Publications, 2021. The Middle English Texts Series, https://metseditions.org/editions/y4kL3XmSpDzSzgNUXpEDUAMaZWkKqL. Accessed 6 Mar. 2024.
Multivolume work cited as a whole:
Fein, Susanna, editor and translator with David Raybin, and Jan Ziolkowski. The Complete Harley 2253 Manuscript. Medieval Institute Publications, 2015, 3 vols. The Middle English Texts Series, https://metseditions.org/editions/465Pm1LSPGpfxLahvLzDsbgz6MPj6m. Accessed 6 Mar. 2024.
Volume without a unique title in a multivolume work:
Fein, Susanna, editor and translator with David Raybin, and Jan Ziolkowski. The Complete Harley 2253 Manuscript, vol. 1, Medieval Institute Publications, 2015. The Middle English Texts Series, https://metseditions.org/editions/465Pm1LSPGpfxLahvLzDsbgz6MPj6m. Accessed 6 Mar. 2024.
Anthology or collection:
Fein, Susanna, editor and translator. The Owl and the Nightingale and the English Poems of Oxford, Jesus College, MS 29 (II). Medieval Institute Publications, 2022. The Middle English Texts Series, https://metseditions.org/editions/Z9dDbXAruNMVwHbW1igm5zFl2wp5jDGL. Accessed 6 Mar. 2024.
CMOS Book
Book with a known premodern author:
Lydgate, John. John Lydgate’s Dance of Death and Related Works. Edited by Megan L. Cook and Elizaveta Strakhov. The Middle English Texts Series. Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute Publications, 2019. https://metseditions.org/editions/GPammADHY9jzU9yEU85LzuYadVxe4ZM.
Book without a known premodern author:
Smith, Trevor Russell and Michael Livingston, eds. Of Knyghthode and Bataile. The Middle English Texts Series. Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute Publications, 2021. https://metseditions.org/editions/y4kL3XmSpDzSzgNUXpEDUAMaZWkKqL.
Multivolume work cited as a whole:
Fein, Susanna, ed. and trans. with David Raybin, and Jan Ziolkowski. The Complete Harley 2253 Manuscript. 3 vols. The Middle English Texts Series. Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute Publications, 2015. https://metseditions.org/editions/465Pm1LSPGpfxLahvLzDsbgz6MPj6m.
Volume without a unique title in a multivolume work:
Fein, Susanna, ed. and trans. with David Raybin, and Jan Ziolkowski. The Complete Harley 2253 Manuscript. Vol. 1. The Middle English Texts Series. Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute Publications, 2015. https://metseditions.org/editions/465Pm1LSPGpfxLahvLzDsbgz6MPj6m.
Anthology or collection:
Fein, Susanna, ed. and trans. The Owl and the Nightingale and the English Poems of Oxford, Jesus College, MS 29 (II). The Middle English Texts Series. Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute Publications, 2022. https://metseditions.org/editions/Z9dDbXAruNMVwHbW1igm5zFl2wp5jDGL.