WILLIAM MORRIS SOCIETY: ACTIVITIES AT 1998 MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION CONVENTION CHICAGO, 27-30 DECEMBER 1999 This year's Modern Language Association annual convention will take place 27-30 December in Chicago. As usual the dates fall between Christmas and New Year's and, as usual, the William Morris Society in the United States has organized several events--sessions of papers and a visit to the Glessner House followed by a social gathering. All members of the Morris Society are invited to these free events. Passes may be needed to attend the MLA sessions--contact Mark Samuels Lasner, Biblio@aol.com. William Morris Society sessions  Session 705: William Morris at the Turns of the Centuries Wednesday, 29 December 7.15-8.30 pm, Ogden Room, Hyatt Regency Chair: Hartley Spatt, Maritime College-SUNY "A Late 20th Century Reading of a Late 19th Century Revolutionary" Cynthia Drake, Georgetown University "H.D.'s 'White Rose and the Red': Morris as Hero, the Hero as Palimpsest" Norman Kelvin, City College-CUNY, and Graduate Center, CUNY "Millennial Beauty: Yeats, Morris, and the Politics of Perfection" Andrew John Miller, Whitman College   Session 767: The Pre-Raphaelites in Other Media Thursday, 30 December 8.30-9.45 am, Horner Room, Hyatt Regency Chair: S. L. Wisenberg, Northwestern University "Pre-Raphaelites in Other Media: American Aesthetic Dress" Mary W. Blanchard, Rutgers Institute for Historical Analysis "D. G. Rossetti and the Art of Elocution: Sister Helen as a Primer for Artistic Recitations" Alicia Faxon, Art History, Simmons College (emeritus) "Egypt and Pre-Raphaelite Furniture" Thomas J. Tobin, Duquesne University "Giving Voice to Modern Painters: Gender Performance in the Ruskin Opera" Sharon Aronofsky Weltman, Louisiana State University   Visit to the Glessner House and Social Gathering Tuesday, 28 December 3.00 pm Glessner House Museum 1800 S. Prairie Avenue Chicago, IL 60616 (312) 326-1480 info@glessnerhouse.org Tuesday, 28 December 6.30 pm Soiree at home of Sandi Wisenberg RSVP to Mark Samuels Lasner for details of location. The Society has arranged for a special visit to the Glessner House, one of the gems of Chicago, indeed, of American, 19th century architecture. Designed by H.H. Richardson in the 1880s, this Romanesque dwelling is furnished with Aesthetic Movement and Arts and Crafts furniture and decorative arts including, prominently, the work of Morris and Co. This tour begins at 3.00 pm and will take about one hour. Our member, Sandi Wisenberg, has cordially invited us to come to her home for a special gathering--food and drink provided, of course--at 6.30 pm the same evening. (The time in between will allow MLA convention participants to stop at their hotels, which are located halfway between the Glessner House and Ms. Wisenberg's apartment.) As with all Morris Society events, these activities are free to members and their guests. Space is, however, limited. We therefore ask that you let Mark Samuels Lasner know by 24 December if you plan to come, Biblio@aol.com. HOME · NEW · EVENTS · NEWSLETTER · SITE ARCHIVE · ABOUT THE SOCIETY MORRIS' LIFE AND WORKS · PRODUCTS · LINKS · SITE MAP · CONTACT US LAST UPDATE 4 JAN 2001 · PLEASE REPORT BROKEN LINKS TO WEBMASTER@MORRISSOCIETY.ORG