PhD (Docent) in Comparative literature, Senior Lecturer, and Associate Head of Department for Education. Her doctorial thesis came in 2002: Den anspråksfulla blygsamheten: Auktoritet och genus i 1830-talets svenska romandebatt [Pretentious modesty. Authority and gender in the Swedish debate on the novel in the 1830s]. Her latest book is ”Hvad gör väl namnet?”. Anonymitet och varumärkesbyggande i svensk litteraturkritik 1820–1850” [”What’s in a name?”. Anonymity and Branding in Swedish literary criticism 1820–1850].

Research interests

• Literature in relation to gender, class and intersectionality
• Literary criticism (reviewing) and essay writing
• Literary history writing and canon formation
• Critical editing
• Swedish and British 19th century fiction

Location

Gothenburg, Sweden

Disciplines

• Humanities
• Literature
• Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Affiliation

Dept. of Literature, History of Ideas, and Religion

Website

http://www.lir.gu.se/english/staff/teachers-and-researchers/asa-arping/