March 19, 2012, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsJames Shapiro "unravels" Shakespeare’s life James Shapiro, a professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, speaks Thursday night at the Ransom Center about Shakespeare’s “life” as currently written. Shapiro specializes in Shakespeare and Elizabethan culture and is the author of Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare and 1599: A Year in the Life of… read more
March 15, 2012, Filed Under: Photography, Research + TeachingErrol Morris book highlights photos from Ransom Center’s collections Writer and filmmaker Errol Morris, winner of an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, an Emmy, and the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Festival, drew on the Ransom Center’s photography collections for his most recent book, Believing is Seeing: Observations on the Mysteries of Photography, published by Penguin in… read more
March 6, 2012, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsThere really is “Something About Arthur”: A peek into Charlotte Brontë’s childhood The daughters of Patrick Brontë built a literary empire. Combined, the three women published seven novels and two books of poetry. In 1847 alone, Charlotte published Jane Eyre, Emily published Wuthering Heights, and Anne published Agnes Grey. For the Brontës, literature was a way of life that started young. Charlotte’s… read more
