The seducer's diary /
1813-1855.
The seducer's diary / - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1997] - xv, 214 pages ; 19 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-214).
"This work, a chapter from Kierkegaard's first major volume, Either/Or, springs from his relationship with his fiancee, Regine Olsen. Kierkegaard fell in love with the young woman, ten years his junior, proposed to her, but then broke off their engagement a year later. This event affected Kierkegaard profoundly. Olsen became a muse for him, and a flood of volumes resulted. His attempt to set right, in writing, what he feels was a mistake in his relationship with Olsen taught him the secret of "indirect communication." The Seducer's Diary, then, becomes Kierkegaard's attempt to portray himself as a scoundrel and thus make their break easier for her." "Matters of marriage, the ethical versus the aesthetic, dread, and, increasingly, the severities of Christianity are pondered by Kierkegaard in this intense work."--BOOK JACKET.
0691017379 9780691017372 9780691158419 069115841X
97010671
Self (Philosophy)
Self (Philosophy)
PT8142.F6 / E5 1997
198/.9
The seducer's diary / - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1997] - xv, 214 pages ; 19 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-214).
"This work, a chapter from Kierkegaard's first major volume, Either/Or, springs from his relationship with his fiancee, Regine Olsen. Kierkegaard fell in love with the young woman, ten years his junior, proposed to her, but then broke off their engagement a year later. This event affected Kierkegaard profoundly. Olsen became a muse for him, and a flood of volumes resulted. His attempt to set right, in writing, what he feels was a mistake in his relationship with Olsen taught him the secret of "indirect communication." The Seducer's Diary, then, becomes Kierkegaard's attempt to portray himself as a scoundrel and thus make their break easier for her." "Matters of marriage, the ethical versus the aesthetic, dread, and, increasingly, the severities of Christianity are pondered by Kierkegaard in this intense work."--BOOK JACKET.
0691017379 9780691017372 9780691158419 069115841X
97010671
Self (Philosophy)
Self (Philosophy)
PT8142.F6 / E5 1997
198/.9