Clarendon Lectures in English Books in Order

Clarendon Lectures in English contains 13 books, published between 1990 and 2022. The first book is Strange Country (1990) and the newest is Bibliophobia (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
1990–2022

Clarendon Lectures in English is a listing of 13 titles from 1990 to 2022, carried under Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. Strange Country (1990) is the earliest entry. States of Fantasy (1996), Penpoints, Gunpoints, and Dreams (1998), Yeats and Violence (2010), Forensic Shakespeare (2014) and Poetics of the Pillory (2019) are among the others. Bibliophobia (2022) is the newest title.

How many Clarendon Lectures in English books are there?

Clarendon Lectures in English has 13 books, released between 1990 and 2022.

Clarendon Lectures in English Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Clarendon Lectures in English books in the order they were published, with the release year and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. 1
    Strange Country1990 · confirmed 1/4
    1990
  2. 2
    States of Fantasy1996 · confirmed 1/4
    1996
  3. 31998
  4. 42002
  5. 5
    Yeats and Violence2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010
  6. 6
    Under the Hammer2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010
  7. 7
    Forensic Shakespeare2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014
  8. 8
    Psyche and Ethos2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018
  9. 9
    Street Songs2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018
  10. 10
    Poetics of the Pillory2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019
  11. 11
    The Trouble with Literature2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020
  12. 12
    Messing About in Boats2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021
  13. 13
    Bibliophobia2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022

Where to start with Clarendon Lectures in English

Start with Strange Country (1990), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Clarendon Lectures in English book?

Bibliophobia (2022) is the newest Clarendon Lectures in English book released so far.

Is there a new Clarendon Lectures in English book coming?

No next Clarendon Lectures in English book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Clarendon Lectures in English at a glance

Paused
No new Clarendon Lectures in English title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Clarendon Lectures in English books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Busiest decade
Most Clarendon Lectures in English books, 6 of 13, were published in the 2010s.
Attribution
Of the 13 titles, 1 are credited to Seamus Deane, 1 to Jacqueline Rose, 1 to Marina Warner and 1 to James Simpson. A further 8 writers are credited. One title carries no credit.