MLA Annual Convention: Boston 2013
L to R: A Beardsley illustration for the Morte D'Arthu r; an Edward Burne-Jones window in Trinity Church; and the Frontispiece for The Wood Beyond the World. This year, the Society sponsored two very well-attended sessions at the Modern Language Association Convention. During our first session, “Morris and New England,” we were treated to talks by Michael P. Kuczynski , Associate Professor of English at Tulane; Maureen Meister , affiliate Professor of Art History at Tufts; Paul Acker , Professor of English at St. Louis U; and Margaret Laster, PhD candidate at CUNY Graduate Center. During Kucynski's talk, “Morris and Company Windows at Trinity Church,” we learned about Morris and Burne-Jones's stained glass work for Boston's Trinity Church in the 1880s. He spoke about the famous then-rector, Philips Brooks , who had a passion for “pure color” and whose vision guided the church's decoration. From Meister's talk, “Arts and Crafts Architecture in New England,”