John Hay (English) is the author of "Broken Hearths: Melville's Israel Potter and the Bunker Hill Monument," an article published in the June issue of the New England Quarterly. Hay's essay analyzes a later novel by Herman Melville by exploring its dedication to the Bunker Hill Monument. This eminent national memorial took so long to build that it appeared to be in ruins before it was finished. Hay argues that Melville's narrative addresses the temporal quirks of both patriotic communal commemoration and posthumous personal recognition.
