1st Edition

Volume 12, Tome II: Kierkegaard's Influence on Literature, Criticism and Art Denmark

By Jon Stewart Copyright 2013
208 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

While Kierkegaard is primarily known as a philosopher or religious thinker, his writings have also been used extensively by literary writers, critics and artists worldwide who have been attracted to his creative mixing of genres, his complex use of pseudonyms, his rhetoric and literary style, and his rich images, parables, and allegories. The goal of the present volume is to document this... Read more
Contents: Karen Blixen: Kierkegaard, Isak Dinesen, and the twisted images of divinity and humanity, Søren Landkildehus; Georg Brandes: Kierkegaard’s most influential mis-representative, Julie K. Allen; Ernesto Dalgas: Kierkegaard onThe Path of Suffering, Esben Lindemann; Martin A. Hansen: Kierkegaard in Hansen’s thinking and poetical work, Esben Lindemann; Jens Peter Jacobsen: Denmark’s greatest atheist, William Banks; Harald Kidde: ‘a widely travelled stay-at-home’, Poul Houe; Henrik Pontoppidan: inspiration and hesitation, Peter Tudvad; Villy Sørensen: a critical initiation, Steen Tullberg; Indexes.

Biography

Jon Stewart is an Associate Research Professor in the Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.