Author Rick Bass claimed, "There are no new stories in nature, only new observers." He's not the only one to observe the repetitive nature of storytelling, which often falls back on standard plot arcs ...

The "romance" of Alexander the Great is a unique illuminated codex on his life and was the most widely-read romance in the Middle Ages.

On April 27, Boston Baroque presented a thrilling production of one of the gems of baroque opera, George Frideric Handel’s opera “Ariodante,” which is a tale of love’s triumph over evil set in ...

List of Tables, pagesix -- List of Plates, pagesx -- Foreword, pagesxii -- Acknowledgements, pagesxiv -- Introduction, pages1 -- 1. Greek and Syriac Versions of the Alexander Romance and their ...