July 2, 2015, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsJuly 4, 1862: A Golden Afternoon with Alice and her Sisters Charles Dodgson began to tell the story of a little girl named Alice on an outing with Alice, Edith, and Lorina Liddell on July 4, 1862. He later recalled that “golden afternoon” in a poem that prefaces many editions of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
April 2, 2015, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts“My Alices”: Writer John Crowley shares his connection to “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” John Crowley, whose archive resides at the Ransom Center, is an American author of fantasy, science fiction, and mainstream fiction. He published his first novel, The Deep, in 1975, and his 14th volume of fiction, Lord Byron’s Novel: The Evening Land, in 2005. He has taught creative writing at Yale… read more
February 24, 2015, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + Teaching, Theatre + Performing ArtsDrama in the Archives: Humanities class fosters undergraduate research Have you ever wondered how a play or film might have turned out differently? This was the guiding question in the new Humanities Honors course—titled “Drama in the Archives”—offered in fall 2014 by Dr. Elon Lang, lecturer and former part-time archivist at the Ransom Center. During the semester, Lang brought… read more