Carina Burman
Carina Burman (born 1960) is a Swedish novelist and literature scholar. Her research has been focused on Swedish 18th and 19th century literature. She completed her Ph.D. in literature in Uppsala in 1988 with a dissertation on the Gustavian writer Johan Henric Kellgren. Later production includes a critical edition of previously unpublished letters of the novelist and feminist pioneer Fredrika Bremer in two volumes (1996) and a biography of Bremer (2001).
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Together with her husband, Professor Lars Burman, she has published critical editions on behalf of the Swedish Academy of the works of Johan Henric Kellgren (1995), Fredrika Bremer's "Livet i gamla världen. Palestina" (1995) and the poetic works of Erik Gustaf Geijer (1999).[1] Carina and Lars Burman have also edited Bremer's "Grannarne" for the series of Swedish literature published by Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet (2000).
Burman's novels have historical motifs, often taking the form of a pastiches. Her first, "Min salig bror Jean Hendrich" (1993) deals with Johan Henric Kellgren from the point of view of his brother and his mistress in a series of letters. Her latest two novels, "Babylons gator" (2004) and "Vit som marmor" (2006) have the form of detective novels. "Babylons gator: Ett Londonmysterum" (The Streets of Babylon: A London Mystery), which borrows from English novels of the Victorian period, has Euthanasia Bondeson, a Swedish woman novelist-amateur sleuth visiting London, as its main character.[2] In "Vit som marmor" (White as marble), Euthanasia Bondeson travels to Rome and solves a murder mystery in the Scandinavian artist colony.[3]
Publications
Monographs
- "Vältalaren Johan Henric Kellgren", Skrifter utgivna av Avdelningen för litteratursociologi vid Litteraturvetenskapliga institutionen i Uppsala, 23 (dissertation, Uppsala, 1988)
- "Mamsellen och förläggarna. Fredrika Bremers förlagskontakter 1828-1865", Litteratur och samhälle 30:1, Avd. för litteratursociologi, Uppsala Universitet, 1995.
- "Bremer. En biografi" (Stockholm, 2001)
- "Den finländska Sapfo. Catharina Charlotta Swedenmarcks liv och verk" (Uppsala, 2004)
Critical editions
- Fredrika Bremer, Grannarne, utgiven med inledning och kommentarer av Carina och Lars Burman. Svenska Författare. Ny serie. Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet (Stockholm, 2000).[4]
- Erik Gustaf Geijer, Dikter, under redaktion av Carina och Lars Burman och med inledning av Torgny Segerstedt. Svenska klassiker utgivna av Svenska Akademien (Stockholm, 1999).[5]
- Fredrika Bremer, Brev. Ny följd I-II. Tidigare ej samlade och tryckta brev utgivna av Carina Burman (Gidlunds förlag, Hedemora, 1996)
- Fredrika Bremer, Livet i gamla världen. Palestina, under redaktion av Carina och Lars Burman och med inledning av Knut Ahnlund. Svenska klassiker utgivna av Svenska Akademien (Stockholm, 1995).[6]
- Johan Henric Kellgren, Skrifter I-II, under redaktion av Carina och Lars Burman och med inledning av Torgny Segerstedt. Svenska klassiker utgivna av Svenska Akademien (Stockholm, 1995).[7]
Novels
- "Min salig bror Jean Hendrich" (1993),
- "Den tionde sånggudinnan" (1996),
- "Cromwells huvud" (1998),
- "Islandet" (2001),
- "Babylons gator" (2004),
- "Vit som marmor" (2006),
- "Hästen från Porten" (2008),
- "Kärleksroman" (2009).
Footnotes
- These are available in full text at the website of the Academy: "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-10-22. Retrieved 2006-10-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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