A Comparison with Previously Chronologies
Previous to this verified list of Wilde lectures in North America, there have been four major published versions to date, as follows:
KEY:
Mikhail, E. H., ed. Oscar Wilde: Interviews and Recollections. 2 vols. London: MacMillan, 1979.
Ellmann, Richard. Oscar Wilde. London: Hamish Hamilton; New York: Knopf, 1987.
Page, Norman. An Oscar Wilde Chronology. Houndmills: MacMillian; Boston: G. K. Hall, 1991. [re-prints and credits Ellmann but differs in two respects]
Beckson, Karl E., ed. The Oscar Wilde Encyclopedia. New York: AMS Press, 1998.
Unfortunately, none of these previous itineraries agrees with any other and each is wrong in several respects. Therefore, in addition to the verified list on this web site, below is a side-by-side comparison to demonstrate the evolution of scholarship and as a frame of reference.
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