Book with translator and/or editor
Citing a Whole Edited Collection (13.22 and 13.23)
When citing an edited collection as a whole, place the editor or editors in the author position. Add ed. after one editor’s name or eds. after multiple editors’ names.
One Editor
Rule for Notes
#. Editor’s First and Last Names, ed., Book Title: Book Subtitle (Publisher’s Name, Publication Date), Page Number/s.
Example Note
- John D’Agata, ed., The Making of the American Essay (Graywolf Press, 2016), 177.
Example Shortened Note
- D’Agata, Making of the American Essay, 178.
Rule for Bibliography
Editor’s Last Name, Editor’s First Name, ed. Book Title: Book Subtitle. Publisher’s Name, Publication Date.
Example Bibliography Entry
D’Agata, John, ed. The Making of the American Essay. Graywolf Press, 2016.
Two or More Editors
For two editors, include both names in notes and the bibliography; invert only the first name in the bibliography. For more than two editors, use the first editor’s name followed by “et al.” in a note. In the bibliography, list up to six editors; for more than six, list the first three followed by “et al.”
Rule for Notes
#. Editor #1’s First and Last Names and Editor #2’s First and Last Names, eds., Book Title: Book Subtitle (Publisher’s Name, Publication Date), Page Number/s.
Example Note
- Catharine R. Stimpson and Gilbert Herdt, eds., Critical Terms for the Study of Gender (University of Chicago Press, 2014), 1.
Example Shortened Note
- Stimpson and Herdt, Critical Terms, 2.
Rule for Bibliography
Editor #1’s Last Name, Editor #1’s First Name, and Editor #2’s First and Last Names, eds. Book Title: Book Subtitle. Publisher’s Name, Publication Date.
Example Bibliography Entry
Stimpson, Catharine R., and Gilbert Herdt, eds. Critical Terms for the Study of Gender. University of Chicago Press, 2014.
Book with Author Plus Editor or Translator (13.24)
In a book with an editor or translator in addition to the author, ed. or trans. in the note becomes Edited by or Translated by in the bibliography entry. See also 14.6.
Rule for Notes
#. Author's First and Last Names, Book Title: Book Subtitle, ed. Editor's First and Last Names (Publisher's Name, Publication Date), Page Number/s.
Example Note
- Augustine, Confessions, ed. W H D Rouse, trans. William Watts (Harvard University Press, 1950), 23.
- Alexis Mallon, Coptic Grammar – Grammaire Copte, trans. Boulos A. Ayad (Youssef Kamal Printing House, 2004), 21.
Example Shortened Notes
- Augustine, Confessions, 34.
- Mallon, Coptic Grammar, 302.
Rule for Bibliography
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. Book Title: Book Subtitle. Edited by Editor's First and Last Names. Translated by Translator's First and Last Names. Publisher's Name, Publication Date. DOI or URL if consulted online.
Example Bibliography Entries
Augustine. Confessions. Edited by W H D Rouse. Translated by William Watts. Harvard University Press, 1950.
Mallon, Alexis. Coptic Grammar – Grammaire Copte. Translated by Boulos A. Ayad. Youssef Kamal Printing House, 2004.
Generate a citation (author plus editor or translator)
Based on CMOS 18e · 13.24. Enter author, optional editor and/or translator, and publication details.