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

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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 Illustrations 1. F. W. Rhinelander 28 2. Louis Palma di Cesnola 46 3. Terra-cotta sculptures from the Cesnola collection 49 4. The 135th Street branch of the New York Public Library 68 5. Miss Ernestine Rose at the 135th Street branch 74 6. The 135th Street branch children’s reading room 101 7. The Hudson Park branch of the New York Public Library 115 8. Story Hour at the Hudson Park branch 116 9. The Marianne C. Moore Room at the Rosenbach Museum and Library 139 10. Marianne C. Moore’s Greenwich Village living room 140 11. Ruth Benedict’s mother, Bertrice Shattuck Fulton 145 12. Edward Sapir 152 13. Margaret Mead 172 ...