February 27, 2014, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, PhotographyRansom Center staff to contribute to new Texas-themed UT Press book series The University of Texas Press recently announced the undertaking of the publishing project The Texas Bookshelf, a series of 16 books, with an accompanying website, focusing on all things Texan. All books are to be written by faculty and staff at The University of Texas at Austin. The inaugural book,… read more
February 25, 2014, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Film, Research + TeachingStanley et Anthony: A correspondence between Stanley Kubrick and Anthony Burgess On the surface, it is a correspondence between friends: Did you read the book I sent? Did you like it? Generic questions for most, perhaps, but the inquiry was from Stanley Kubrick, and the questions concerning Arthur Schnitzler’s book Traumnovelle were addressed to Anthony Burgess. A series of letters… read more
February 16, 2014, Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + EventsIn the Galleries: Frank Nicolet Lucien poster pays homage to poem “In Flanders Fields” In the spring of 1915, John McCrae, a young Canadian surgeon, conducted a burial service for a friend, killed by German artillery during the Second Battle of Ypres, in the First World War. Inspired by the friend’s death, McCrae composed a poem, which he discarded, believing it to be no good. An… read more
February 16, 2014, Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + EventsIn the Galleries: Gordon Conway “Vanity Fair” cover illustration highlights shifting gender roles in World War I World War I played a crucial part in the transformation of gender roles. As men left for the battlefields, women took on traditionally male occupations at home. Buoyed by this experience and a new sense of confidence, these women started demanding more rights and independence. These shifting roles were mirrored… read more
February 13, 2014, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsHartley Coleridge’s Valentine’s Day sonnet As Elizabeth Bennet commented in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, poetry is not always the food of love. “If it be only a slight, thin sort of inclination,” she tells Mr. Darcy, “I am convinced that one good sonnet will starve it entirely away.” For Hartley Coleridge’s sake, let us… read more
February 12, 2014, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + EventsLetters detail adventures, boredom of Monuments Men recovering art stolen by German Nazis In 1943, the Allies of World War II established the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program—an organization tasked with recovering, restoring, and returning stolen or lost cultural artifacts. The members of the MFAA, known as the Monuments Men, included over 300 artists, architects, educators, directors, and scholars. Together, they made… read more
