Bibliography
editMemoir
edit- Unreliable Memoirs. Jonathan Cape. 1980.
- Falling Towards England. Jonathan Cape. 1985. ISBN 978-0-330-29437-9.
- May Week Was in June. Jonathan Cape. 1990. ISBN 978-0-330-31522-7.
- North Face of Soho. Picador. 2006. ISBN 978-0-330-48128-1.
- The Blaze of Obscurity. Picador. 2009. ISBN 978-0-330-45736-1.
Criticism
edit- The Metropolitan Critic. Faber and Faber. 1974. ISBN 978-0-224-04241-3.[1]
- New edition: The Metropolitan Critic: Non-fiction 1968–1973. Jonathan Cape. 1994. ISBN 978-1-4472-6790-4.
- Visions Before Midnight: Television Criticism from the Observer 1972–76. Jonathan Cape. 1977. ISBN 0-224-01386-6.
- At the Pillars of Hercules: Non-fiction 1973–1977. Faber and Faber. 1979. ISBN 978-0-330-37214-5.
- First Reactions: Critical Essays 1968–79. Knopf. 1980. ISBN 978-0-394-51233-4. (US collection)
- The Crystal Bucket: Television Criticism from the Observer 1976–79. Jonathan Cape. 1981. ISBN 978-0-330-26745-8.
- From the Land of Shadows. Jonathan Cape. 1982. ISBN 978-0-330-26994-0. (Essays 1977–81)
- Glued to the Box: Television Criticism from the Observer 1979–82. Jonathan Cape. 1983. ISBN 978-0-224-02066-4.
- Snakecharmers in Texas: Essays 1980–87. Jonathan Cape. 1988. ISBN 978-0-330-30580-8.
- Clive James on Television. Picador. 1991. (Collects Visions Before Midnight, The Crystal Bucket, and Glued to the Box)
- The Dreaming Swimmer: Non-fiction 1987–1992. Jonathan Cape. 1992. ISBN 978-0-330-33121-0.
- Fame in the 20th Century. BBC Books. 1993. ISBN 978-0-563-36274-6. (Book of the TV series)
- Even As We Speak: New Essays 1993–2001. Picador. 2001. ISBN 978-0-330-48176-2.
- Reliable Essays: The Best of Clive James. Picador. 2001. ISBN 978-0-330-48129-8.
- As of This Writing: The Essential Essays, 1968–2002. W. W. Norton & Company. 2003. ISBN 978-0-393-05180-3. (US collection)
- Reissue: Cultural Cohesion: The Essential Essays, 1968–2002. W. W. Norton & Company. 2013. ISBN 978-0-393-34636-7.
- The Meaning of Recognition: New Essays 2001–2005. Picador. 2005.
- Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts. W. W. Norton & Company. 2007. ISBN 978-0-393-06116-1.
- The Revolt of the Pendulum: Essays 2005–2008. Picador. 2009. ISBN 978-0-330-45739-2.
- A Point of View. Picador. 2011. ISBN 978-0-330-53438-3. (Book of the radio series)
- Latest Readings. Yale University Press. 2015. ISBN 978-0-300-22355-2.
- Play All: A Bingewatcher's Notebook. Yale University Press. 2016. ISBN 978-0-300-22970-7.
- Somewhere Becoming Rain: Collected Writings on Philip Larkin. Picador. 2019. ISBN 978-1-5290-2882-9.
Travel
edit- Flying Visits: Postcards from the Observer 1976–83. Jonathan Cape. 1984. ISBN 978-0-330-28839-2.
Novels
edit- Brilliant Creatures. Jonathan Cape. 1983. ISBN 978-0-330-28343-4.
- The Remake. Jonathan Cape. 1987. ISBN 978-0-330-30374-3.
- Brrm! Brrm! (or The Man from Japan, or Perfume at Anchorage). Jonathan Cape. 1991. ISBN 978-0-330-32548-6. (US title: The Man from Japan)
- The Silver Castle. Jonathan Cape. 1996. ISBN 978-0-224-04384-7.
Poetry
editPoetry collection
edit- Fan-mail: Seven Verse Letters. Faber and Faber. 1977. ISBN 978-0-571-11058-2.
- Other Passports: Poems 1958–1985. Jonathan Cape. 1986. ISBN 978-0-330-30179-4.
- The Book of My Enemy: Collected Verse 1958–2003. Picador. 2003. ISBN 978-0-330-42004-4.
- Angels Over Elsinore: Collected Verse 2003–2008. Picador. 2008. ISBN 978-0-330-45740-8.
- Opal Sunset: Selected Poems 1958–2008. W.W. Norton & Co. 2008. ISBN 978-0-393-06707-1.
- Nefertiti in the Flak Tower: Collected Verse 2008–2011. Picador. 2012. ISBN 978-1-4472-0700-9.
- Sentenced to Life: Poems 2011–2014. Picador. 2015. ISBN 978-1-4472-8405-5.
- Collected Poems 1958–2015. Picador. 2016. ISBN 978-1-63149-247-1.
- Injury Time. Picador. 2017. ISBN 978-1-5098-5298-7.
Epic poems
edit- The Fate of Felicity Fark in the Land of the Media. Jonathan Cape. 1975. ISBN 978-0-224-01185-3.
- Peregrine Prykke's Pilgrimage through the London Literary World. Jonathan Cape. 1976.[2]
- Britannia Bright's Bewilderment in the Wilderness of Westminster. Jonathan Cape. 1976. ISBN 978-0-224-01319-2.
- Charles Charming's Challenges on the Pathway to the Throne. Jonathan Cape. 1981. ISBN 978-0-224-01954-5.
- Poem of the Year. Jonathan Cape. 1983. ISBN 978-0-224-02961-2.
- Gate of Lilacs: A Verse Commentary on Proust. Picador. 2016. ISBN 978-1-5098-1235-6.
- The River in the Sky. Picador. 2018. ISBN 978-1-5098-8723-1.
Translation
edit- Dante (2013). The Divine Comedy: A new verse translation by Clive James. Liveright. ISBN 978-0-87140-741-2.
Anthology
edit- The Fire of Joy: Roughly 80 Poems to Get by Heart and Say Aloud. Picador. 2020. ISBN 978-1-52904-208-5.
List of poems
editTitle | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected |
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The book of my enemy has been remaindered | 1983 | James, Clive (2 June 1983). "The book of my enemy has been remaindered". The London Review of Books. 5 (10). | |
Beachmaster | 2009 | James, Clive (April 2009). "Beachmaster". The Monthly. | |
Early to bed | 2013 | James, Clive (April 2013). "Early to bed". Australian Book Review. 350: 25. | |
Leçons de ténèbres | 2013 | James, Clive (3 June 2013). "Leçons de ténèbres". The New Yorker. Vol. 89, no. 16. p. 64. | |
Rounded with a sleep | 2014 | James, Clive (16 March 2015). "Rounded with a sleep". The Times Literary Supplement. 5810: 4. | |
Star system | 2015 | James, Clive (16 March 2015). "Star system". The New Yorker. Vol. 91, no. 4. pp. 50–51. | |
Visitation of the dove | 2015 | James, Clive (December 7, 2015). "Visitation of the dove". The New Yorker. Vol. 91, no. 39. p. 50. | |
Initial outlay | 2016 | James, Clive (Jan–Feb 2016). "Initial outlay". Quadrant. 60 (1–2): 9. | |
I was proud of these hands once | 2016 | James, Clive (Jan–Feb 2016). "I was proud of these hands once". Quadrant. 60 (1–2): 49. | |
Splinters from Shakespeare | 2016 | James, Clive (Jan–Feb 2016). "Splinters from Shakespeare". Quadrant. 60 (1–2): 49. |
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