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From the modernist annex : American women writers in museums and libraries
- Title
- From the modernist annex : American women writers in museums and libraries / Karin Roffman.
- Author
- Roffman, Karin.
- Publication
- Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, c2010.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 252 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Women authors, American
- Museums > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century
- Museums and women > United States > History
- Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937
- Larsen, Nella
- American literature > 20th century > History and criticism
- Libraries and women > United States > History
- Libraries in literature
- Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1948
- Museums in literature
- Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972
- Libraries > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 10-6668
- ISBN
- 9780817316983 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0817316981 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009036280
- OCLC
- YBP 2009036280
- Author
- Roffman, Karin.
- Title
- From the modernist annex : American women writers in museums and libraries / Karin Roffman.
- Imprint
- Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, c2010.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 10-6668