“To fulfill a private obligation”: Marianne Moore, Her Patrons, and the Social Economy of the Gift

This paper focuses on material and financial gifts received by the American modernist poet Marianne Moore (1887-1972) under the auspices of patronage. Extrapolated from Moore’s letters, archival ephemera, and the work of her biographers, Moore’s main patronage relationships are analyzed as gift exch...

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Main Author: Síofra McSherry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: New York City College of Technology 2017-07-01
Series:NANO
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Online Access:https://nanocrit.com/issues/issue11/To-fulfill-a-private-obligation-Marianne-Moore-Her-Patrons-and-the-Social-Economy-of-the-Gift