 | Revival: The Vercelli Book (1932): The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records - A Collective Edition In accordance with the plan of this collective edition of Anglo-Saxon poetry, as announced in the Preface to the first volume, containing the texts of the Junius Manuscript, the poetical parts of the Vercelli Book are here groped together in a second volume. George Philip Krapp (born Cincinnati 1872, died 1934) was a scholar of English. In 1897 Krapp joined the faculty of Columbia University, becoming professor of English at Cincinnati (1908-10) before gaining the same title at Columbia (1910-34). His most famous achievement is conceiving and in large part undertaking the Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records edition (begun in 1931, and concluded by Krapp's collaborator Elliott Van Kirk Dobbie in 1953). Krapp is also noted for his books Modern English: Its Growth and Present Use (1909) and The English Language in America (1925). |
