Textual Criticism
Textual criticism has often a dual mission – one is to study the changes in the transmission of text from the author’s draft to various printed editions, the other to create scholarly editions. Perspectives from Book History and Reception Theory are often brought into play. A number of scholars at the department have contributed with editions of works by Swedish authors like C.J.L. Almqvist, Fredrika Bremer, August Strindberg and Selma Lagerlöf.
The recent international development within the theory of textual criticism made a strong impact in Sweden from the early 1990’s. Uppsala led the way with a great number of articles, editions, editorial projects and postgraduate courses.
The interest in Sociology of Texts is evident in the edition of C.J.L. Almqvists Samlade Verk, which is strongly linked to the Department of Literature in Uppsala. The project broke new ground with its strong stress on digitalized publication.
Scholars in Uppsala are heavily involved in Nordiskt nätverk för editionsfilologer, in Selma Lagerlöf-arkivet, in the edition of August Strindbergs Samlade Verk, in Litteraturbanken, Svenska Litteratursällskapet and in Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet. In the scholarly series published by Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet our scholars have contributed with a number of editions of Swedish literature from the 17th and 18th centuries, and with editions of novels by important women writers of the 19th century.
Research
On-going Research
Lars Burman
- Board member of Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet (The Swedish Society for Belles-Lettres)
- School books by C.J.L. Almqvist (critical editions in Samlade Verk av C.J.L. Almqvist (Complete Works of C.J.L. Almqvist))
Paula Henrikson
- Swedish board representative of the Nordic Network for Textual Criticism (NNE)
- Board member of Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet (The Swedish Society for Belles-Lettres)
- Published works 1814–1822 by C.J.L. Almqvist (critical edition in Samlade Verk av C.J.L. Almqvist (Complete Works of C.J.L. Almqvist)
- The journal Phosphoros, facsimile edition
- Jacob Berggren: selected correspondence (edition)
Maria Karlsson
- Selma Lagerlöf-arkivet (The Selma Lagerlöf Archive) (a digitized structure for text critical editing of Lagerlöf’s works)
Johan Svedjedal
- Board member of Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet (The Swedish Society for Belles-Lettres)
- Editor-in-chief of the Samlade Verk av C.J.L. Almqvist (Complete Works of C.J.L. Almqvist)
Conny Svensson
- Critical commentary to August Strindberg, Samlade Verk (Complete Works of August Strindberg), Vol. 18 (Kvarstadsresan, Fabler och Societeten i Stockholm samt andra prosatexter 1880-1889)
Petra Söderlund
- Editor-in-chief and secretary of Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet (The Swedish Society for Belles-Lettres)
- Assisting editor-in-chief of Samlade Verk by C.J.L. Almqvist (Complete Works of C.J.L. Almqvist)
- Swedish board representative of The Nordic Network for Textual Criticism (NNE)
- Murnis by C.J.L. Almqvist (critical edition in Samlade Verk av C.J.L. Almqvist (Complete Works of C.J.L. Almqvist)
- Selma Lagerlöf-arkivet (The Selma Lagerlöf Archive) (a digitized structure for text critical editing of Lagerlöf’s works)
Jon Viklund
- Genetic criticism
Anna Williams
- The Letters of Agnes von Krusenstjerna 1903–1940 (edition)
Publications
Please see the personal homepages of our individual researchers.