The Artistic Vision
Introducing The Artistic Vision hosted by Gary Ball and Alex Sosler! This podcast explores the correlation between faith and art--specifically, cultivating a sacramental imagination for creative practice. This season will feature guests ranging from practicing artists to scholars, and anywhere in between. Subscribe today to receive new episodes every week!
The Artistic Vision
Will Revere: "Who in the World is Piers Plowman?"
Dr. Will Revere joins the artistic vision today to, among other things, introduce us to the medieval allegorical poem, Piers Plowman. This beautiful poem illustrates the way art uses symbolism to not only represent culture, but also challenge it. Today we dive into the rich tapestry of medieval literature as we explore the profound role of allegory and symbolism. Discover how these literary devices shaped narratives, conveyed complex ideas, and reflected the cultural and spiritual landscapes of the time. Join us for an enlightening journey through the stories and symbols that continue to resonate today.
About Dr. Revere (Professor of English, University of North Caroline, Asheville):
"I research and write about medieval English literature and culture, and the reception of medieval literary traditions in early modernity and beyond. I’m particularly interested in the late fourteenth-century visionary poem Piers Plowman and its afterlife through the English Reformations of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. I’m also broadly interested in the intersections of literature and philosophy (particularly the philosophy of action, virtue ethics, ordinary language philosophy, and hermeneutics), medieval and early modern religious cultures and theological traditions, the history of drama and dramatic theory to the present, the intellectual and social history of work, classical literature and reception, and agrarian/peasant studies. My current book project, Hidden Virtues, explores the imaginative life of virtues of individual judgment and mutual recognition across a range of reformist writing from the late fourteenth century to the late seventeenth century in England. I’ve also begun a new project on “medieval futures,” which puts medieval literature in conversation with some contemporary Anglophone speculative fiction."
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