From the modernist annex [electronic resource] : American women writers in museums and libraries / Karin Roffman.
Publication details: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2010.Description: xiii, 252 p. : illISBN:- 9780817316983 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0817316981 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780817383961 (electronic)
- 0817383964 (electronic)
- Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937
- Larsen, Nella
- Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972
- Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1948
- Women authors, American
- American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Libraries and women -- United States -- History
- Museums and women -- United States -- History
- Libraries in literature
- Museums in literature
- Libraries -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Museums -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- 810.9/39 22
- PS151 .R64 2010eb
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-246) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.