March 18, 2014, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingQ&A: New book explores Lord Byron’s canine companions through full-color illustrations of “man’s best friends” “dogs! or Men! (for I flatter you in saying That ye are dogs—your betters far)” —“Don Juan,” Canto VII. Verses 1–2 In August, Geoffrey Bond released the full-color coffee table book, Lord Byron’s Best Friends: From Bulldogs to Boatswain & Beyond. Bond, both a Byron and Newfoundland enthusiast, currently resides… read more
March 17, 2014, Filed Under: PhotographyFrom the Outside In: “Transept of the Crystal Palace,” Benjamin Brecknell Turner, March 1852 The atria on the first floor of the Ransom Center are surrounded by windows featuring etched reproductions of images from the collections. The windows offer visitors a hint of the cultural treasures to be discovered inside. From the Outside In is a series that highlights some of these images and… read more
March 13, 2014, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsSix Degrees of Separation: “True Detective” and the Ransom Center I am already missing Rust Cohle, Marty Hart, and sinister references to the “Yellow King.” If you are not sure what I am talking about, it’s the first season of the HBO crime series True Detective. A ritualistic murder investigation set against a backdrop of oil refineries in the swamps… read more
