Modernist poetry and yoga may seem at first glance like very different disciplines; look closer and you’ll see they have much in common. Both are most productive when approached by warming up—be it physically, mentally, emotionally, or spiritually—and finding flow and rhythm is key to each experience.
Join the Rosenbach Museum and Library in collaboration with Quintessence Theatre for a behind the scenes first look at Phillis, an original play that brings to life the remarkable history of Phillis Wheatley, an enslaved American who was the first Black poet to be published in America.
Enjoy Lunchtime Talks at midday with leading scholars, artists, and authors talking about their work. Tea sandwiches and light refreshments included.
A 6-session course exploring the transformations of the Gothic in the nineteenth century. Following the origin of the Gothic with Horace Walpole’s Castle of Otranto in 1765 and the rise of Gothic icons Ann Radcliffe and Matthew Lewis in the 1790s and early 1800s, the nineteenth century saw the Gothic turn towards monsters, supernatural transformations, and science.
Covering female poets from the 16th century to the 20th century, this tour highlights remarkable female poets in the Rosenbach collection, including Phillis Wheatley, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Emily Dickinson. Through manuscripts, and first editions of their writing, we will discuss their extraordinary ways of creating identities, adaptation to adversity, and breaking conventions through poetry.
This tour examines artifacts of the Gratz family of Philadelphia and asks how they learned the ways of this new world and made it their home. We’ll discuss how faith and revolution contributed to their story and how that story impacted the lives of their relatives and our museum’s founders, the Rosenbach brothers. Join us for this new addition to the Early Hebrew Books Behind the Bookcase series.
Put on your crown and come to The Rosenbach for a close look at some of the many royal relics in our collection. You will view and even handle documents written and signed by some of history’s most legendary queens—Elizabeth I of England, Mary Queen of Scots, and Queen Victoria—as well as other notable royals, including James I of England and Scotland.
In this program we’ll explore a wide array of holdings, including Bram Stoker’s handwritten notes for his gothic classic Dracula, correspondence from the iconic and incomparable Oscar Wilde, and, of course, one of our most famous holdings, Joyce’s manuscript of his Modernist masterpiece Ulysses.
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In this program we’ll explore a wide array of holdings, including Bram Stoker’s handwritten notes for his gothic classic Dracula, correspondence from the iconic and incomparable Oscar Wilde, and, of course, one of our most famous holdings, Joyce’s manuscript of his Modernist masterpiece Ulysses.