Scholars have debated for centuries whether an earlier play shaped the version we know today. Here’s the evidence.

Founded in 1991 by Charles Bernstein, Robert Creeley, Raymond Federman, Susan Howe, and Dennis Tedlock, the Poetics Program developed out of the vision of UB English Professor (and sometime Chair) ...

Ross Channing Reed does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

The quote first appeared in a 1926 book by U.S. historian and philosopher Will Durant titled "The Story of Philosophy." It is part of a passage in which Durant helps to elucidate a concept first ...

After almost two years of writing a column on traditional games, I circle back to a basic question — Why play? How important is play? The more I research traditional games and the more I understand ...

Since its first appearance in 1852, as a journal of textual criticism, Mnemosyne has been securing its position as one of the world's leading journals in its field. Its position is built on the ...

Phallic symbols, which in ancient Greece symbolized the fertile nature, abound within the phalleforia procession, which is accompanied by the tunes of bagpipes, flutes and percussion. Credit: ...

Aristotle’s Poetics has arguably influenced modern culture more than any other ancient text. The Greek philosopher’s 4th century BCE treatise on what constitutes the best form of poetry is our ...

As you play Final Fantasy 14, you’ll amass tons of a specific currency called Allagan Tomestones of Poetics. This currency has a cap of 2,000, so you should spend them rather than letting extras you ...

Mr. Biergel posed the question one morning to my high school grammar class. Being typical teenagers, we looked at him with blank-eyed stares. We expected that if we waited long enough, he’d write a ...