New submissions deadline is June 15, 2012. Follow us on Facebook (Apollon eJournal) and Twitter @apollonejournal. Issue 2.1 is now live with six excellent contributors. Thanks for checking out Apollon!
InVox Editorial: In the Wake of Fukushima
Bishen Sen, Apollon
During Carol Browner's March 3rd Convocation lecture, she discussed many of the alternative energy sources being considered for development as a means to kick the United States' oil addiction. Read the full editorial.
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Written by Rachael Isom. Introduction: Hilda Doolittle, more commonly known by the initials H.D., merges classical mythology with personal perception in "Helen," a poetic portrait of the infamous Helen of Troy. Just as she shortens her given name to a succinct identification of only two letters, H.D. presents a compact but complete image of Helen, compressing the tradition of myth and the innovation of modernism into a poem of three short stanzas. H.D. draws from her classical knowledge and familiarity with previous poetry to place "Helen" both in the context of Greek mythology and in conversation...
Written by Mike Stumpf. Introduction: When the first folio edition of William Shakespeare's works was published in 1623, "it was not clear whose idea the collected volume was or even what was the precise motivation for it" (Proudfoot, Thompson, & Kastan-1998, 8), but the inclusion of two actors that worked with Shakespeare in the publication process underscores the importance of accuracy of authorial intent in the volume. This is especially important since the actors, John Heminges and Henry Condell, state that while Shakespeare's input would have been preferred...