Fr. Klaeber (1863–1954)
Author of Beowulf / The Fight at Finnsburg
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Associated Works
Beowulf: A Prose Translation [Norton Critical Edition, 1st ed.] (1975) — Contributor — 415 copies, 2 reviews
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Klaeber, Friedrich
- Other names
- Klaeber, Frederick
- Birthdate
- 1863
- Date of death
- 1954
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- Anglist
Professor - Organizations
- University of Minnesota
Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Deutschland - Nationality
- Germany
- Birthplace
- Beetzendorf, Deutschland
- Place of death
- Bad Kösen, Deutschland
- Burial location
- Bad Kösen
- Associated Place (for map)
- Germany
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Reviews
It's difficult to review a book when it has a varied purpose. ther is no English translation of the old English text herein, but there are two hundred or so pages with translations of the terms and histories of the names, and a pronouncing gazateer. For its intent as a textbook for advanced Old English studies, it rates a 5 star. As a primer for the Beowulf legend, it rates a two star. Actually, an uneducated student on the etolmology of our language shouldn't even attempt this.
Klaeber's Beowulf is a little dated and does not contain more recent notes, but its notes and criticisms have never been surpassed. It has separate glossaries for Beowuld and the Fight at Finnsburg. The classic style of Anglo Saxon poetry is fully explained.
Klaeber's Beowulf and the Fight at Finnsburg / ed. ... by R. D. Fulk, Robert E. Bjork, John D. Niles. With a foreword by Helen Damico. by Fr. Klaeber
Based on the third edition with first and second supplements.
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