May 30, 2014, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingFellow’s Find: Annotations in early editions of “Canterbury Tales” show how readers connected with Chaucer’s text Hope Johnston is an assistant professor of medieval English literature at Baylor University. She received a grant from the Carl H. Pforzheimer Endowment to study “Owner Markings in Early Printed Chaucer Editions” at the Ransom Center and shares some of her findings below. The Ransom Center celebrates the 25th anniversary… read more
May 28, 2014, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsNew collections of Bernard Malamud’s work released Novelist Bernard Malamud was one of the most significant Jewish American writers of the twentieth century, and this year, to honor and celebrate his life and work, The Library of America has released two collections of Malamud’s fiction: Novels and Stories of the 1940s & 50s and Novels and Stories… read more
May 16, 2014, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingNotes from the Undergrad: An undergraduate’s introduction to Anne Sexton Jane Robbins Mize is a senior in English and Liberal Arts Honors and is a current intern in the Ransom Center’s public affairs department. She recently worked in the Anne Sexton papers for her English class “Women’s Autobiographical Writings.”