MHRA 3rd Edition - Books

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How to cite a book in MHRA

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MHRA Book Reference Format

Footnote:

Forename Surname, Title (Place: Publisher, Year), p. X

Bibliography:

Surname, Forename, Title (Place: Publisher, Year)

MHRA Book Reference Examples

Single Author

Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse (London: Hogarth Press, 1927), p. 45

Footnote: 1.

Multiple Authors

John Smith and Mary Johnson, Modern Literary Theory (Oxford: OUP, 2024)

Footnote: 2.

Edited Book

Andrew Sanders (ed.), The Oxford History of English Literature (Oxford: OUP, 2004)

Footnote: 3.

Book Chapter

Robert Williams, 'Romanticism and Nature', in Jane Doe (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Romantic Poetry (Cambridge: CUP, 2020), pp. 112-135

Footnote: 4.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do I reference a book in MHRA?

Footnote: Forename Surname, Title in italics (Place: Publisher, Year), p. X. Example: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse (London: Hogarth Press, 1927), p. 45.

How is an MHRA book footnote different from the bibliography?

Footnotes use forename first (Virginia Woolf) and include specific page numbers. Bibliography entries invert the first author (Woolf, Virginia) and omit page numbers.

How do I reference an edited book in MHRA?

Include (ed.) or (eds) after the editor name. Example: Andrew Sanders (ed.), The Oxford History of English Literature (OUP, 2004).

How do I reference a book chapter in MHRA?

Include chapter author, chapter title in single quotes, then "in" + editor, book title, details. Example: John Keats, 'Ode to Autumn', in Andrew Motion (ed.), Selected Poems (London: Penguin, 2007), pp. 45-47.

How do I use ibid. for books in MHRA?

Use ibid. when citing the same source as the immediately preceding footnote. Use ibid., p. X for a different page. Otherwise use shortened form: Surname, p. X.