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Stories to Tell

A conversation on “Dying Well in Early Modern England” with curator Aaron Pratt

October 30, 2018 - Austin Downey

A current Stories to Tell display embraces the Halloween spirit with a collection of early printed books from throughout the Ransom Center’s collections that take on the topic of death. [Read more…] about A conversation on “Dying Well in Early Modern England” with curator Aaron Pratt

Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + Events, Featured1 Tagged With: dying, England, Halloween, Pforzheimer, Stories to Tell

Meticulous free verse: Mallarmé’s Un Coup de Dés and Ellsworth Kelly

May 22, 2018 - Tracy Bonfitto

“The literary value, if I may say it, of this span of empty space on the page, which mentally separates groups of words or words themselves, is to periodically accelerate or slow the movement, the scansion, the sequence even, given one’s simultaneous view of the entirety of the page…” (Stéphane Mallarmé, “Observation Relative au Poème Un Coup de Dés jamais n’abolira le Hasard,” Cosmopolis, May 1897, p. 412 [trans.]) [Read more…] about Meticulous free verse: Mallarmé’s Un Coup de Dés and Ellsworth Kelly

Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + Events, Featured1 Tagged With: Ellsworth Kelly, Limited Editions Club, Stories to Tell

In the galleries: Dressing for success in Mad Men’s Season 6

January 16, 2018 - Leigh Hilford

The Ransom Center’s Stories to Tell exhibition features a rotating selection from the Ransom Center’s holdings.

[Read more…] about In the galleries: Dressing for success in Mad Men’s Season 6

Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Film Tagged With: Costumes and Personal Effects, Janie Bryant, Mad Men, Stories to Tell

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