The Point of View (Kierkegaard's Writings, 22) - Hardcover

Kierkegaard, Soren

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0691058555 ISBN 13: 9780691058559

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1998

Synopsis

As a spiritual autobiography, Kierkegaard's "The Point of View for My Work as an Author" stands among such great works as Augustine's "Confessions" and Newman's "Apologia pro Vita Sua". Yet "Point of View" is neither a confession nor a defense; it is an author's story of a lifetime of writing, his understanding of the maze of greatly varied works that make up his oeuvre. Upon the imminent publication of the second edition of "Either/Or", Kierkegaard again intended to cease writing. Now was the time for a direct 'report to history' on the authorship as a whole. In addition to "Point of View", which was published posthumously, the present volume also contains "On My Work as an Author", a contemporary substitute, and the companion piece "Armed Neutrality".

About this title

About the Author

Howard V. Hong, the former Director of the Howard and Edna Hong Kierkegaard Library at St. Olaf College, is the General Editor of Kierkegaard's Writings. Edna H. Hong is a poet, writer, and translator who has collaborated with Professor Hong on other English translations of Kierkegaard's work.

Edition details

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691058555
• ISBN 13: 9780691058559
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 382