LEADER 03144nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910784902803321 005 20230207213655.0 010 $a0-8173-8396-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000037613 035 $a(EBL)565744 035 $a(OCoLC)680620792 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000458256 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11268382 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000458256 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10420887 035 $a(PQKB)11257969 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC565744 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9038 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL565744 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10408841 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000037613 100 $a20090903d2010 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFrom the modernist annex$b[electronic resource] $eAmerican women writers in museums and libraries /$fKarin Roffman 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (269 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-1698-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [233]-246) and index. 327 $aWomen 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. 330 $a 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 w 606 $aWomen authors, American 606 $aAmerican literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLibraries and women$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aMuseums and women$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aLibraries in literature 606 $aMuseums in literature 606 $aLibraries$xSocial aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aMuseums$xSocial aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aWomen authors, American. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLibraries and women$xHistory. 615 0$aMuseums and women$xHistory. 615 0$aLibraries in literature. 615 0$aMuseums in literature. 615 0$aLibraries$xSocial aspects$xHistory 615 0$aMuseums$xSocial aspects$xHistory 676 $a810.9/39 700 $aRoffman$b Karin$01516466 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784902803321 996 $aFrom the modernist annex$93752947 997 $aUNINA