The Poetics is, as far as we know, the first ever work of literary theory. Written in the 4th century BC, it is the work of a scholar who was also a biologist, and treats .\r
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Athelstan, the grandson of Alfred the Great, came to the throne of Wessex in 925. A few years later he unified the kingdoms of England, and a decade after that .\r
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Here is a little video I made as a final project for my Theatre History class While this video is by no means a replacement for actually reading Poetics, I hope it .