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In-text citation of a footnote
Underdog
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I'm working out of an anthology of plays. There's a footnote made in the anthology. I want to include this short footnote in my essay. Does anyone know how to properly cite it, MLA style?
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You want to cite the text written within a footnote?
There's a footnote for a poem explaining that the name Tommy Atkins was the model name used on official army forms. This information is part of a point I'm making and I figured I'd need to explain where I got this from. So I'd need to cite the footnote. Does that make more sense?
It's cool, that part ended up on the cutting room floor anyway so no biggie.
I read your name as ArseProphet.
I actually have the MLA style guide but could not find anything that dealt with citing footnotes. Making footnotes, yes, but citing someone else's, no.
In my paper I would put: bla bla bla "That things happen."(Smith as cited in Johnson) bla bla bla
Although that's an in-text citation, I would think it might be something similar to that.
Or else you can cite the editor or whoever else wrote the footnote. so maybe:
Smith, John A., ed. Title of the Publication. Place of Publication: Publisher. Year of publication.
Most professors don't really give a hoot how precise to MLA your citation is as long as you give credit to whomever credit is due.
edit: wait, are you talking about the in-text citation or the reference page, or both?