Brita Stendahl, born in Stockholm, Sweden, has taught Scandinavian literature in the Harvard Freshman Seminar program and in the Radcliffe Seminars program. Her books include Søren Kierkegaard (Twayne, 1976), Sabbatical Reflections (Fortress Presss, 1978), The Force Tradition (Fortress Press, 1984), and Fredrika Bremer 1801– 1865 (Mellen Press, 1994).