How to cite The Pulter Project

The following recommendations rely on the style conventions of The Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition). We welcome adaptations to other style guides, as long as all elements in our recommended citations are included.

Citing the site or project as a whole

  • First note:
    1. Leah Knight and Wendy Wall, gen. eds., The Pulter Project: Poet in the Making (2018), http://pulterproject.northwestern.edu.
  • Bibliographic entry:
    Knight, Leah and Wendy Wall, gen. eds. The Pulter Project: Poet in the Making. 2018. http://pulterproject.northwestern.edu

Citing one version of a given poem, with an emphasis on the editor’s work

  • First note:
    1. Helen Smith, ed., “Oh My Aflicted Solitary Soul,” by Hester Pulter (Poem 28, Amplified Edition), in The Pulter Project: Poet in the Making, edited by Leah Knight and Wendy Wall (2018), http://pulterproject.northwestern.edu.
  • Bibliographic entry:
    Smith, Helen, ed. “Oh My Aflicted Solitary Soul,” by Hester Pulter. (Poem 28, Amplified Edition). In The Pulter Project: Poet in the Making, edited by Leah Knight and Wendy Wall, 2018. http://pulterproject.northwestern.edu.

Citing one version of a given poem, with an emphasis on the author’s work

  • First note:
    1. Hester Pulter, “Oh My Aflicted Solitary Soul” (Poem 28, Amplified Edition), ed. Helen Smith, in The Pulter Project: Poet in the Making, edited by Leah Knight and Wendy Wall (2018), http://pulterproject.northwestern.edu.
  • Bibliographic entry:
    Pulter, Hester. “Oh My Aflicted Solitary Soul” (Poem 28, Amplified Edition). Edited by Helen Smith. In The Pulter Project: Poet in the Making, edited by Leah Knight and Wendy Wall. 2018. http://pulterproject.northwestern.edu.

Citing a Curation

  • First note:
    1. Wendy Wall, “Talking to Death” (Curation, Poem 1), in The Pulter Project: Poet in the Making, edited by Leah Knight and Wendy Wall (2018), http://pulterproject.northwestern.edu.
  • Bibliographic entry:
    Wall, Wendy. “Talking to Death” (Curation, Poem 1). In The Pulter Project: Poet in the Making, edited by Leah Knight and Wendy Wall. 2018. http://pulterproject.northwestern.edu.

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