The Seducer's Diary

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Søren Kierkegaard, Howard V. Hong, Edna H. Hong , John Updike

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English

Princeton University Pres
08 July 2013

Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Philosophy

""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.

By: Søren Kierkegaard
Foreword by: John Updike
Edited and translated by: Howard V. Hong, Edna H. Hong
Imprint: Princeton University Pres
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 191mm, Width: 114mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 170g
ISBN: 9780691158419
ISBN 10: 069115841X
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 08 July 2013
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

The text is from Howard V. Hong's and Edna H. Hong's standard English translation of The Writings of Kierkegaard . The foreword by John Updike was specifically commissioned for this volume.