MLA Style Manual
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| Original title | MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Style guide |
| Publisher | Modern Language Association of America |
Publication date | 2008 |
Published in English | May 2008 |
| Media type | Print; large print; also listed as available as audiobook |
| Pages | xxiv & 336 |
| ISBN | 978-0-87352-297-7 |
| OCLC | 191090459 |
| 808/.027 22 | |
| LC Class | PN147 .G444 2008 |
| Preceded by | MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (2nd ed., by Joseph Gibaldi)' |
The MLA Style Manual, titled the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing in its second (1998) and third edition (2008), was an academic style guide by the United States-based Modern Language Association of America (MLA) first published in 1985. MLA announced in April 2016 that the publication would be discontinued: the third edition would be the last and was to be “taken out of print”. The announcement also said that what began as an abridged version for students, the MLA Handbook, was to be thenceforth “the authoritative source for MLA style", and that the organization was "in the process of developing additional publications to address the professional needs of scholars."[1]
Usage[edit]
MLA documentation style is used in scholarship throughout the humanities, especially in English studies, modern languages and literatures, comparative literature, literary criticism, media studies, cultural studies, and related disciplines.
The MLA Style Manual was one of two books on MLA documentation style published by the MLA. While the MLA Handbook is aimed at secondary and post-secondary students and their teachers, the intended audience of the Manual primarily consisted of graduate students, academic scholars, professors, professional writers, and editors.[2]
History[edit]
Both the MLA Handbook and the MLA Style Manual were preceded by a slim booklet titled the MLA Style Sheet, first published in 1867 and revised in 1970. The Style Sheet was allowed to go out of print after the commercial success of the Handbook, creating the need for the Manual as a companion to the Handbook.[3]
The MLA Style Manual was to go out of print in 2016.[4] As of April 2017, the organization claims to be "developing additional publications to address the professional needs of scholars."[5]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Ask the MLA: Is a new edition of the MLA Style Manual going to be published?". The MLA Style Center. Modern Language Association. April 8, 2016. Archived from the original on July 11, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
- ^ Gibaldi, Joseph (1998). MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (Second ed.). New York: Modern Language Association of America. p. iv. ISBN 0-87352-699-6.
- ^ Achtert, Walter S.; Gibaldi, Joseph (1985). The MLA Style Manual (First ed.). New York: Modern Language Association of America. p. vii. ISBN 978-0-87352-136-9.
- ^ "Is a new edition of the MLA Style Manual going to be published?". The MLA Style Center. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
- ^ "The MLA Style Manual". Modern Language Association. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
Bibliography[edit]
- Achtert, Walter S., and Joseph Gibaldi. The MLA Style Manual. New York: Modern Language Association (MLA), 1985. Print.
- Modern Language Association of America. The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. New York: MLA, 1977. 7th ed. New York
- MLA, 2009. ISBN 1-60329-024-9 (10). ISBN 978-1-60329-024-1 (13). ISBN 1-60329-025-7 (10). ISBN 978-1-60329-025-8 (13). Print.
- MLA. MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing. 3rd ed. New York: MLA, 2008. ISBN 978-0-87352-297-7 [S182C] (cloth). ISBN 978-0-87352-298-4 (paper). Print. [Also available in a large-print ed.]
- "What Is MLA Style?" MLA.org. Modern Language Association, 2011. Web. 31 Jan. 2011.
External links[edit]
- MLA Style Manual, First Edition, 1985
- MLA Style Manual, Second Edition, 1998
