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
February 5, 2013, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingResearching Austen in Austin: Archival research reveals connections between Jane Austen’s characters and real-life celebrities and politicians Janine Barchas is an associate professor of English at The University of Texas at Austin. Barchas used the Ransom Center’s collections as she conducted research for her book Matters of Fact in Jane Austen: History, Location, and Celebrity, published this past fall by John Hopkins University Press. She writes about… read more
August 2, 2012, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingPostcards from France: Paul Fussell and the Field Service “Form-letter” May 23, 2012, marked the passing of literary scholar and public intellectual Paul Fussell, whose monumental 1975 study of World War I, The Great War and Modern Memory, brought widespread attention to how the experience of trench warfare helped foster a modern, ironic sensibility that still influences art and culture… read more
