Eva Gunilla Yvonne Florby (née Niwén; 1943 in

Lund Lund (, ;"Lund"
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– 2011), was a Swedish academic. She grew up in

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and received her

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Lund University Lund University () is a Public university, public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities. The university is located in the city of Lund in the Swedish province of Scania. The university was officially foun ...

in 1982. She was an English literature professor, first in Lund and from 2002 until her retirement in 2010 at

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. She is noted for her studies of the works of the Jacobean poet and playwright

George Chapman George Chapman ( – 12 May 1634) was an English dramatist, translator and poet. He was a classical scholar whose work shows the influence of Stoicism. Chapman is seen as an anticipator of the metaphysical poets of the 17th century. He is ...

Bibliography

* ''The Painful Passage to Virtue: A Study of George Chapman's The Tragedy of

Bussy D'Ambois ''Bussy D'Ambois: A Tragedie'' (probably written 1603–1604; first published 1607) is a Jacobean stage play written by George Chapman. Classified as either a tragedy or "contemporary history," ''Bussy D'Ambois'' is widely considered Chapman' ...

and

The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois ''The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois'' is a Jacobean revenge tragedy written by George Chapman. ''The Revenge'' is a sequel to his earlier ''Bussy D'Ambois,'' and was first published in 1613. Genre and source ''The Revenge of Bussy'' is one in Chap ...

'', 1982. * ''Grammatiskt ABC'', 1994. * ''The Margin Speaks: A Study of Margaret Laurence & Robert Kroetsch From a Post-colonial Point of View'', 1997 * ''Echoing Texts: George Chapman's Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles Duke of Byron'', 2004.

References

1943 births 2011 deaths People from Lund Lund University alumni Academic staff of the University of Gothenburg Swedish women academics {{Sweden-academic-bio-stub