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Søren Kierkegaard The Seducer's Diary (Paperback). This event affected Kierkegaard profoundly. Matters of marriage, the ethical versus the aesthetic, dread, and, increasingly, the severities of Christianity are pondered by Kierkegaard in this intense work. Further DetailsTitle: The Seducer's Diary Condition: New Contributor: John Updike (Foreword by), Howard V. Hong (Edited and translated by), Edna H. Hong (Edited and translated by) Author: Søren Kierkegaard EAN: 9780691158419 ISBN: 9780691158419 Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Paperback Release Date: 04/28/2013 ISBN-10: 069115841X Genre: Fiction Topic: Classic Fiction Item Height: 191mm Item Length: 114mm Item Weight: 170g Language: English Description: "In the vast literature of love, The Seducer's Diary is an intricate curiosity--a feverishly intellectual attempt to reconstruct an erotic failure as a pedagogic success, a wound masked as a boast," observes John Updike in his foreword to Soren Kierkegaard's narrative. 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. Country/Region of Manufacture: US Release Year: 2013 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
