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You may remember an earlier post about Wilde’s lecture in Narragansett Pier.
Perhaps we should place that visit into the wider context of Wilde’s Summer schedule of 1882 and his yearlong lecture tour of North America.
Continue reading “Summer Schedule”—OSCAR’S SUMMER OF 1882—
You may remember an earlier post about Wilde’s lecture in Narragansett Pier.
Perhaps we should place that visit into the wider context of Wilde’s Summer schedule of 1882 and his yearlong lecture tour of North America.
Continue reading “Summer Schedule”
After traveling across the vast expanses of the American south for more than a month, lecturing in 18 cities, Wilde returned to New York for some rest and relaxation with friends at the exclusive Summer resorts of the north-east.
Continue reading “Mountain Lion”
In verifying Oscar Wilde’s 1882 lecture tour of North America, it was prudent to begin with the four published itineraries1. Unfortunately, none of those chronologies agreed with any other, and all were incomplete and occasionally incorrect—so it was necessary to make numerous additions and corrections to dates, locations and lecture titles.
Apart from verification, there is the more pleasing opportunity to discover previously unrecorded lectures: one such is an appearance made by Wilde at Narragansett Pier.
Where is Narragansett Pier?—you might ask.
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