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Author:

Roffman, Karin.

Title:

From the modernist annex : American women writers in museums and libraries / Karin Roffman.

Publisher:

The University of Alabama Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xiii, 252 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Women authors, American.
American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Libraries and women--United States--History.
Museums and women--United States--History.
Wharton, Edith,--1862-1937.
Larsen, Nella.
Moore, Marianne,--1887-1972.
Benedict, Ruth,--1887-1948.
Libraries in literature.
Museums in literature.
Libraries--History--United States--History--20th century.
Museums--History--United States--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-246) and index.

Contents:

Women and the mutual development of museums and libraries -- Museums and memory in Edith Wharton's modern novels -- Nella Larsen, librarian at 135th Street -- Accidents happen in Marianne Moore's native habitat -- Finding freedom from museums and libraries in Ruth Benedict's poetry -- Conclusion.

ISBN:

0817383964 (electronic)
9780817383961 (electronic)
0817316981 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780817316983 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)435967586

LCCN:

2009036280

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)