From the Modernist Annex: American Women Writers in Museums and Libraries Book

Contents

List of Illustrations....................ix
Acknowledgments....................xi
Abbreviations....................xiii
Introduction....................1
1. Women and the Mutual Development of Museums and Libraries....................14
2. Museums and Memory in Edith Wharton's Modern Novels....................27
3. Nella Larsen, Librarian at 135th Street....................67
4. Accidents Happen in Marianne Moore's Native Habitat....................103
5. Finding Freedom from Museums and Libraries in Ruth Benedict's Poetry....................143
Conclusion....................182
Notes....................191
Bibliography....................233
Index....................247