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This document is the script from a Winona State University Library Athenaeum presentation by H. Vernon Leighton. The lecture was presented on March 17, 2010. In the Summer of 2009, Leighton visited Tulane University and studied the papers of John Kennedy Toole, the author of A Confederacy of Dunces. At the time of this lecture, he was working on an academic paper on this topic. The papers, about which no scholar has published a description at that time, established that at least two claims made in the scholarly literature on Toole were incorrect. The 16 December 2025 version of this text will be the final and authoritative version.
Publication Date
3-17-2010
Publisher
Winona State University
Location
Winona, Minnesota
Keywords
John Kennedy Toole; Confederacy of Dunces; Literary criticism; Winona State University Krueger Library Athenaeum
Department
Library
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | English Language and Literature
Recommended Citation
Leighton, H. Vernon, "John Kennedy Toole's Papers: A Cautionary Tale of Scholarly Research." (2010). Library Faculty Works. 11.
https://openriver.winona.edu/libraryfacultyworks/11
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Citation: Leighton, H. Vernon. John Kennedy Toole's Papers: A cautionary tale of scholarly research. The script of a Winona State University Library Athenaeum Presentation. Lecture on March 17, 2010, script revised 16 December 2025