August 9, 2011, Filed Under: Research + TeachingQ and A: Ransom Center Director Thomas F. Staley speaks about legacy of Literary Modernist Critic Hugh Kenner Hugh Kenner, considered America’s foremost commentator on literary modernism, was unlike any other literary critic before or since. His scholarship ranged from Ezra Pound to geodisic math to animator Chuck Jones, and he personally knew the modernists about whom he wrote. Los Angeles Times critic Richard Eder once wrote: “Kenner… read more
August 3, 2011, Filed Under: ConservationConservators find best treatment for wedding veil from "Gone With The Wind" is no treatment Gone With The Wind is full of lessons about love, life, and loss. Almost 75 years later, Scarlett’s silk wedding veil has one more lesson. “At the end of our life, it is the end of our life. We are all organic material. When a costume has come to the… read more
August 2, 2011, Filed Under: Theatre + Performing Arts"The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" collection donated to Ransom Center The Harry Ransom Center has received a donation of a collection of materials from husband-wife duo actress Carlin Glynn and writer and director Peter Masterson relating to their careers and their work on the original Broadway production and film of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. The collection consists of… read more
