MLA Parenthetical Documentation - Epigraphs

[Zagalejo]

Hey all,

I have a question about MLA Parenthetical Documentation. How exactly would you cite a line from the epigraph of a novel (ie, the John Donne passage at the beginning of Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls)? :confused:

Thanks.

[Jay]

Not sure if this is exactly what you need, but try to have a look around the site, it could be there somewhere

http://webster.commnet.edu/mla/books.shtml#parts

[baddad]

Don't cite the eipigraph. Cite the original author. If this means you must find a book with J. Donne's original work.....so be it. Also, this will up your cite count, and your professor will know you've gone that extra mile.....put in that extra effort. For some professors, that in itself is worth a few percentage points.

[Zagalejo]

OK, cool. I have the whole Meditation in one of my books from high school, so I shouldn't have any problems.

Thanks! :thumbs_up

[Stanislaw]

Sorry to hijack your thread, I will for only a moment.

I just thought that I should point out that this is an apropriate way to ask for help... not the way that others have in the past ( see the thread in orwell fo reference of bad ways of asking for help)

Welcome to the forum Zagalejo! and good luck with your project!

*there, I am all done, ye can have the thread back.

[Zagalejo]

Thanks for the welcome, Stanislaw! Cool avatar, BTW.

[Stanislaw]

Hey no worries, and Thanks!
Yours be pretty cool aswell! :thumbs_up

[Jay]

Reminds me, who's the guy on your avatar, Zagajelo?

[Zagalejo]

Vick the Slick, from Where in the World is Carmen San Diego.

[Jay]

Didn't help :), now the guy has a name ;). Never mind, he looks... mad, lol.

[Stanislaw]

Carmen Sandiego (http://www.carmensandiego.com/)

Here ye go Jay, some carmen info, lol

[Jay]

lol, thanky Stan.