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Clarendon Lectures in English Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Clarendon Lectures in English books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Clarendon Lectures in English series? Start with "Strange Country (By: Seamus Deane)" (1990) and follow publication order through all 16 books.
The complete Clarendon Lectures in English reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Strange Country (By: Seamus Deane)
1990
States of Fantasy (By: Jacqueline Rose)
1996
Penpoints, Gunpoints, and Dreams
1998
Fantastic Metamorphoses, Other Worlds: Ways of Telling the Self (By: Marina Warner)
2002
Yeats and Violence (By: Michael Wood)
2010
Under the Hammer (By: James Simpson)
2010
Forensic Shakespeare (By: Quentin Skinner)
2014
Psyche and Ethos (By: Amanda Anderson)
2018
Street Songs (By: Daniel Karlin)
2018
Poetics of the Pillory (By: Thomas Keymer)
2019
The Trouble with Literature (By: Victoria Kahn)
2020
Messing About in Boats (By: Michael Hofmann)
2021
Bibliophobia (By: Brian Cummings)
2022
Four Continents
2008
Gods and Soldiers
2009
Unmasked
2020
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