April 16, 2014, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingJane Austen in Austin: A Regency display on view This year marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mansfield Park, Jane Austen’s most ambitious and controversial novel. To celebrate both the author and the cultural history behind this complex work, students in English Professor Janine Barchas’s fall 2013 graduate seminar curated two display cases relating to Austen and… read more
April 15, 2014, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingBiographer mines Ransom Center’s collections to uncover “The Unknown Henry Miller” Arthur Hoyle’s recent biography The Unknown Henry Miller: A Seeker in Big Sur was recently published by Skyhorse/Arcade. The biography recounts Miller’s career from its beginnings in Paris in the 1930s but focuses on his years living in Big Sur, California, from 1944 to 1961, during which he wrote many… read more
April 8, 2014, Filed Under: Photography, Research + Teaching, Theatre + Performing ArtsScholar explores rich collections of stage photographs David S. Shields, the McClintock Professor of Southern Letters at the University of South Carolina, visited the Ransom Center this year to research the history of theatrical photography in North America. The Ransom Center houses large collections of stage photographs, such as the Ziegfeld photographs, the dance collection, the card… read more
