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While Florence Converse’s novel of the Rising, Long Will, has received some attention from Langlandians, the work of her companion — medievalist and Wellesley professor Vida Dutton Scudder — has been relatively unexamined. Our essay details how Scudder blended activism with teaching toward a socially informed pedagogy. We then examine social pedagogy in Long Will in light of Scudder’s commitments. Finally, we present how Scudder’s lifework might inform teaching Piers Plowman via Long Will with attention to service learning. We conclude by considering the lessons of these two women activists in this moment of ‘anti-wokeness’ in Florida, where both of us teach.
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