Hardy will have essay in New England Review

Rob Hardy, Research Associate in Classics, had an essay titled “‘Deceit only was forbidden’: A Brief Literary Biography of Richard Henry Wilde,” appear in the summer 2016 issue of the New England Review. Wilde (1789-1847) was a nineteenth-century Congressman and poet who opposed Andrew Jackson’s monetary policy and lost his bid for reelection in 1834 amid accusations of plagiarism. It’s a story about deception, hypocrisy, poetry, slavery, and the power of gold.