Publisher's Synopsis
This carefully chosen selection of 56 classic works of literary criticism 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 collection cover all periods and styles of literary criticism, from Beowulf to Pinter, and include works of literary theory as well as studies of specific periods, writers or works. Authors include Herbert Grierson, Barbara Hardy, Christopher Norris, George Kane, EMW Tillyard, Patricia Ball, Geoffrey Tillotson, David Holbrook, and John Sutherland. All titles are issued in cased bindings as complete facsimile editions. The following subsets are also available: English Literary Criticism: General Theory and History English Literary Criticism: Pre-1700 English Literary Criticism: 18th-19th Centuries English Literary Criticism: 20th Century
