The Mythology and Symbolism of American Culture – Discourses on Minerva

In this brief lecture, we explore the myths and symbols of American art and culture, specifically the American Adam and the dialectical tension between the Garden and the Machine. In overviewing American symbolism and mythology in art, culture, literature, and film, we utilize the writings of R.W.B. Lewis and Leo Marx to help us understand American symbols in story-telling.

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Paul Krause is the editor-in-chief of VoegelinView. He is writer, classicist, and historian. He has written on the arts, culture, classics, literature, philosophy, religion, and history for numerous journals, magazines, and newspapers. He is the author of Muses of a Fire, Finding Arcadia, The Odyssey of Love and the Politics of Plato, and a contributor to the College Lecture Today and Making Sense of Diseases and Disasters. He holds master’s degrees in philosophy and religious studies (biblical studies & theology) from the University of Buckingham and Yale, and a bachelor’s degree in economics, history, and philosophy from Baldwin Wallace University.

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