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Author Archives: ashley-schoppe
Happy Birthday Boz!
In 1828, Dickens began work as a reporter, after teaching himself shorthand. While his journalism career steadily improved, Dickens began contributing short stories to the Chronicle using the pseudonym “Boz.” Dickens was approached to write a story that would be … Continue reading
Eighteenth-Century Book Illustration and The Novelist’s Magazine
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Tagged Eighteenth-Century Book Illustration, William Blake
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Eighteenth-Century Book Illustration and Tristram Shandy
Despite Sterne’s lengthy clerical career, Tristram Shandy abounds in bawdy humor and satirical wit. Further, it displays Sterne’s notable creativity. Tristram Shandy is ostensibly the title character’s account of his life, but Tristram frequently engages in lengthy digressions about numerous … Continue reading
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Tagged Eighteenth-Century Book Illustration, Illustrations, Laurence Sterne
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Eighteenth-Century Book Illustration and The Dunciad
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Tagged Alexander Pope, Eighteenth-Century Book Illustration, Illustrations, poetry, The Dunciad
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Booth Family Papers
The Booth Family Papers are contained within the Stanley Swift collection, the cornerstone of the Henneke Archives of Performing Arts, which are named after Ben Graf Henneke. The Booth Family Papers contain forty-two autographed letters, the majority of which are … Continue reading
Alice in Wonderland Ephemera
The Alice in Wonderland Ephemera contains a variety of artifacts featuring Tenniel’s illustrations. The Tenniel-related items included in this collection are: a collector’s antique replica embossed cut-out paper dolls sheet; a pencil tin with a scene from Alice in Wonderland … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice in Wonderland, Ephemera, John Tenniel, Lewis Carroll
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McFarlin Fellows Welcome Professor Brian Hosmer
Dr. Brian Hosmer serves as the H.G. Barnard Associate Professor of Western American History at the University of Tulsa. Prior to joining TU, he served as Director of the Newberry Library’s D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian Studies Consortium. He … Continue reading
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