No other classic text has left such a mark on how we tell stories, create theatre, and structure film. But what does it actually say?

At the Grolier Club, in midtown, a collection of imaginary volumes—the play within “Hamlet,” Hemingway’s lost first novel—are ...

We’ve had two weeks of thinking about horrible things, and I’m taking a day off. But Existential Comics offers something ...

Mythical characters could also trigger powerful emotions, especially on stage. In his Poetics Aristotle remarks that tragedy focuses on ‘incidents arousing fear and pity’ (τάύτηνΦοβερων και έλεινων. .

It’s even poetry, as Aristotle might argue—because while history recounts what happened, poetry imagines what could have happened. “Poetry tends to express universals, while history expresses ...

Aristotle Papanikolaou is a Professor of Theology and the Archbishop Demetrios Chair in Orthodox Theology and Culture. He is Co-founding Director of the Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham ...

After capturing the key city of Goma, the M23 rebels in eastern Congo seem intent on capturing more territory – and lucrative mining operations.

Aristotle Onassis was one of the most famous Greeks in the entire world in the 20th century, a visionary who became one of the richest men in modern history. Unlike most of the world’s tycoons, ...