This carefully chosen selection of 14 classic works comes from the archives of Athlone Press, one of the most distinguished publishers of English criticism in the period 1950-2000.

The volumes in this subset cover the work of Beowulf, Piers Plowman, Chaucer, and of course Shakespeare who is represented with a number of titles. Authors include George Kane, Derek Pearsall, Joan Rees, Mary Lascelles and E.M.W. Tillyard.

All titles are in cased library bindings and are presented as complete facsimile editions.

Titles in the series include:

The Making of Menander's Comedy, Sander M. Goldberg

The Mode and Meaning of Beowulf, Margaret E. Goldsmith

Enchanted Ground: The Study of Medieval Romance in the Eighteenth Century, Arthur Johnston

Piers Plowman: The Evidence for Authorship, George Kane

Chaucer and Langland: Historical and Textual Approaches, George Kane

Medieval Literature and Civilization: Studies in Memory of G. N. Garmonsway, Edited by D. A. Pearsall and R. A. Waldron

Coriolanus in Europe, David Daniell

Hamlet Closely Observed, Martin Dodsworth

Tudor Verse Satire, K. W. Gransden

Selected Writings of Fulke Greville, Joan Rees

Shakespeare and the Story: Aspects of Creation, Joan Rees

Shakespeare's 'Measure for Measure,' Mary Lascelles

Four Tudor Interludes, J. A. B. Somerset

Shakespeare's Last Plays, E. M. W. Tillyard