Monday, December 10, 2012

Bibliographical Info for "The Communist Manifesto"

Our version of The Communist Manifesto was published in the anthology 100 Great Essays, edited by Robert DiYanni. This is the same anthology where we found "I Want a Wife," so you have the information you need for that anthology already on your Bibliography.

Two unusual aspects of citing this text:
1) The Communist Manifesto is a book, so in the body of your essay, you should italicize the title. However, we are reading an excerpt from the book published in an anthology, so in your Bibliography the title should go in quotation marks.
2) This book has two authors. Ordinarily, they would be listed alphabetically. In this case, Marx is so much more important historically that he goes first. Your entry should begin like this:

Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels.

2 comments:

  1. What should I write as the page number for the Communist Manifesto? I'm assuming it wasn't on the exact same pages as "I Want A Wife".

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