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; ebook versions are also available.