03178nam 2200697 a 450 991046002140332120200520144314.00-8173-8396-4(CKB)2670000000037613(EBL)565744(OCoLC)680620792(SSID)ssj0000458256(PQKBManifestationID)11268382(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000458256(PQKBWorkID)10420887(PQKB)11257969(MiAaPQ)EBC565744(MdBmJHUP)muse9038(Au-PeEL)EBL565744(CaPaEBR)ebr10408841(EXLCZ)99267000000003761320090903d2010 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFrom the modernist annex[electronic resource] American women writers in museums and libraries /Karin RoffmanTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20101 online resource (269 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-1698-1 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. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the majority of women were forced to seek their education outside the walls of American universities. Many turned to museums and libraries, for their own enlightenment, for formal education, and also for their careers. In Roffman's close readings of four modernist writers-Edith Wharton, Nella Larsen, Marianne Moore, and Ruth Benedict-she studied the that modernist women writers were simultaneously critical of and shaped by these institutions. From the Modernist Annex offers new and critically significant wWomen authors, AmericanAmerican literature20th centuryHistory and criticismLibraries and womenUnited StatesHistoryMuseums and womenUnited StatesHistoryLibraries in literatureMuseums in literatureLibrariesSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryMuseumsSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryElectronic books.Women authors, American.American literatureHistory and criticism.Libraries and womenHistory.Museums and womenHistory.Libraries in literature.Museums in literature.LibrariesSocial aspectsHistoryMuseumsSocial aspectsHistory810.9/39Roffman Karin1028582MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460021403321From the modernist annex2475598UNINA