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THE EUGENE O'NEILL SOCIETY
SECTION: MLA '87 and '88
Four events are planned to regale
O'Neillians during the 1987 Convention of the Modern Language
Association just after Christmas. Three of them are listed as part
of the official MLA proceedings:
"O'Neill's Orientalism: A
Backward Glance," by Frederic I. Carpenter, Univ. of California,
Berkeley, Emeritus;
"O'Neill's Indian Elms," by
James A. Robinson, Univ. of Maryland; and
"Authentic Tidings of
Invisible Things: Beyond James Robinson's O'Neill and Oriental
Thought," by Frank R. Cunningham, Univ. of South Dakota.
TIME: Noon - 1:15 p.m.,
Tuesday, December 29.
PLACE: Tamalpais, San Francisco Hilton.
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Closed Meeting of the
Society's Board of Directors.
TIME: 5:15-6:30 p.m., Tuesday, December 29.
PLACE: Whitney, San Francisco Hilton.
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Annual Business Meeting of the
Society.
TIME: 7:15-8:30 p.m., Tuesday, December 29.
PLACE: Toyon, San Francisco Hilton.
The fourth event, about which
details will be sent to members by Secretary Miller in November,
will be a bus trip to nearby Tao House, coordinated by the National
Park Service and the Eugene O'Neill Foundation, Tao House, featuring
a box lunch and a tour of the newly renovated house and its striking
environs. No agenda is planned, but all who joined in the Society's
previous visit will attest to the value of such a pilgrimage. The
Society will foot the bill for the trip to and from the house, but
members are asked to pay for their own lunches. (The cost will be
announced in the aforementioned November mailing from the
Secretary.)
The business meeting on the 29th
will include initial voting on several proposed amendments to the
by-laws, and elections for all positions (Board and officers) that
expire at the end of 1987. While most incumbents are eligible to run
again, additional nominations can be made from the floor. Members
seeking the glory of office should inform Board Chairman Michael
Hinden of their interest. (Department of English, University of
Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706.)
The 1988 annual meeting will be
held, in conjunction with that year's MLA Convention, in New Orleans
just after Christmas. Frederick C. Wilkins will chair the paper
session, whose umbrella title is currently "Centennial Essays on
Eugene O'Neill." Wilkins welcomes suggestions, both for essays and
for a less leaky umbrella! (Department of English, Suffolk
University, Boston, MA 02114.)
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