Works Cited
Beowulf. Trans. Burton Raffel. The Language of Literature British Literature. Ed. Arthur
N. Applebee, et al. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 2002. Print.
Homer. The Illiad. Trans. Robert Fitzgerald. The Language of Literature British
Literature. Ed. Arthur N. Applebee, et al. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 2002. Print.
“The Seafarer.” The Language of Literature British Literature. Ed. Arthur N. Applebee,
et al. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 2002. Print.
“The Wanderer.” The Language of Literature British Literature. Ed. Arthur N. Applebee,
et al. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 2002. Print.
(NOTICE – Double spacing, hanging indent, alphabetical order!)
In-text citations for poetry should look like the following:
(Beowulf line #).
“Fate will unwind as it must” (Beowulf 189).
If you use more than one line of poetry, indicate the break with a forward slash.
(Homer line #).
“I see you now for what you are. No chance / to win you over. Iron in your breast / your heart is”
(Homer 203 – 205).
(“Seafarer” line #).
“Hunger tore / At my sea-weary soul” (“Seafarer” 11 – 12).
(“Wanderer” line #).
“Who sagely remembers the endless slaughters / Of a bloody past, is bound to proclaim: / ‘Where is the
war-steed? Where is the warrior? Where is / his war-lord?’” (“Wanderer” 88 – 91).
Notice: NO COMMA between the author or title and the page number.
End punctuation (the period) goes AFTER the internal citation.
The work’s title is punctuated within the parentheses.