From the modernist annex : American women writers in museums and libraries

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

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 mo...

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Main Author: Roffman, Karin
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wharton, Edith, > 1862-1937.
Larsen, Nella.
Moore, Marianne, > 1887-1972.
Benedict, Ruth, > 1887-1948.
Benedict, Ruth, > 1887-1948
Larsen, Nella
Moore, Marianne, > 1887-1972
Wharton, Edith, > 1862-1937
1900-1999
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.
Libraries and society > United States > History > 20th century.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature
Libraries and women
Libraries in literature
Libraries > Social aspects
Museums and women
Museums in literature
Museums > Social aspects
Women authors, American
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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Table of 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.

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