Anne Klinck
Canadian academic (1943–2023)
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Anne Lingard Klinck (née Hibbert; January 4, 1943 – July 7, 2023) was a Canadian academic and writer. Her work focused on the classics and was an authority on the female voice in lyric poetry.
Early life
Education
Klinck received a bachelor's and a master's degree from the University of Oxford.[3] She also has a master's degree from McGill University and she also has a master's and a PhD from the University of New Brunswick.[3][4]
Career
Klinck worked at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) for eighteen years before retiring[5] as Professor Emerita.[3] While working at UNB she co-directed the English programs.[5]
Klinck was an authority on the female voice in lyric poetry.[5]
Death
Klinck died from esophageal cancer on July 7, 2023, at the age of 80.[1]
Selected publications
- Animal Imagery in Wulf and Eadwacer and the Possibilities of Interpretation, Papers on Language and Literature, 23 (1): 3–13[6]
- The Old English Elegies: A Critical Edition and Genre Study, 1992 and 2001, McGill-Queen's University Press ISBN 9780773522411[7][8]
- The Southern Version of Cursor Mundi, 2000, University of Ottawa Press.[3]
- Anne Kilnck and Anne Marie Rasmusen, Medieval Woman's Song: Cross-Cultural Approaches, 2002, University of Pennsylvania Press[9][10]
- An Anthology of Ancient and Medieval Woman's Song, 2004 Palgrave Press[11]
- Woman’s Songs in Ancient Greece, 2008, McGill-Queen's University Press ISBN 9780773534483[3]
- The Voices of Medieval English Lyric: An Anthology of Poems, 2019 McGill-Queen's University Press, ISBN 978-0-7735-5882-3[12]