February 22, 2016, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingFellows Find: National identity’s influence on Elizabeth Bowen’s imagination Eibhear Walshe, a Senior Lecturer in the School of English at University College Cork, came to the Ransom Center in 2014 to utilize the collection of Irish novelist Elizabeth Bowen. Dr. Walshe’s publications include Kate O’Brien: A Writing Life (2006), Cissie’s Abattoir (2009), Oscar’s Shadow (2011), and The Diary of… read more
February 18, 2016, Filed Under: Authors“Countée Cullen. Twenty-two. Watch him.” Countée Cullen was one of the first poets to establish a national reputation in the midst of the Harlem, or New Negro, Renaissance. Critics recognized Cullen’s first book of poetry, Color (1925), as a significant literary achievement.
February 17, 2016, Filed Under: UncategorizedRecent acquisitions In 1986, the Ransom Center acquired the celebrated Carl H. Pforzheimer library of English literature, 1475–1700. Rich in the major works of early English literature, the library boasts significant titles by Francis Bacon, Geoffrey Chaucer, John Donne, Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe, John Milton, and William Shakespeare. Since its acquisition the Center… read more
February 17, 2016, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsHand decoration in the Ransom Center’s Gutenberg Bible Ransom Center staff recently turned the pages of the Gutenberg Bible to the opening of Deuteronomy.
February 12, 2016, Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + Events, PhotographyArtist Penelope Umbrico finds photographic inspiration in the digital age New York-based artist Penelope Umbrico’s photographic works explore the relationships between modern technology and professional photography, the widespread availability and consumption of internet images.
February 11, 2016, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsLove letters from the archive The millions of materials in the Ransom Center are as diverse as they are interesting. But everything inside is united by one common focus, the humanities—the exploration of what it means to be human. The artists, writers, poets, musicians, filmmakers, and everyone else whose belongings and legacies live in the… read more
