| | "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 Søren Kierkegaard's narrative. This work, a chapter from Kierkegaard's first major volume, Either/Or, springs from his relationship with his fiancée, 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. Other Princeton books by Søren Kierkegaard: - Attack upon Christendom.
- Encounters with Kierkegaard: A Life as Seen by His Contemporaries.
- The Essential Kierkegaard.
- The Humor of Kierkegaard: An Anthology.
- Kierkegaard's Journals and Notebooks: Volume 1: Journals AA-DD.
- Kierkegaard's Journals and Notebooks: Volume 2: Journals EE-KK.
- Kierkegaard's Journals and Notebooks: Volume 3: Notebooks 1-15.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, I: Early Polemical Writings.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, II: The Concept of Irony, with Continual Reference to Socrates/Notes of Schelling's Berlin Lectures.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, III, Part I: Either/Or. Part I.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, IV, Part II: Either/Or: Part II.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, V: Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, VI: Fear and Trembling/Repetition.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, VII: Philosophical Fragments, or a Fragment of Philosophy/Johannes Climacus, or De omnibus dubitandum est. (Two books in one volume).
- Kierkegaard's Writings, VIII: Concept of Anxiety: A Simple Psychologically Orienting Deliberation on the Dogmatic Issue of Hereditary Sin.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, IX: Prefaces: Writing Sampler.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, X: Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XI: Stages on Life's Way.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XII: Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments, Volume I.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XII: Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments, Volume II.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XIII: The Corsair Affair and Articles Related to the Writings.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XIV: Two Ages: The Age of Revolution and the Present Age A Literary Review.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XV: Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XVI: Works of Love.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XVII: Christian Discourses: The Crisis and a Crisis in the Life of an Actress.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XVIII: Without Authority.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XIX: Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition for Upbuilding and Awakening.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XX: Practice in Christianity.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XXI: For Self-Examination / Judge For Yourself!.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XXII: The Point of View.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XXIII: The Moment and Late Writings.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XXIV: The Book on Adler.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XXV: Letters and Documents.
- The Laughter Is on My Side: An Imaginative Introduction to Kierkegaard.
- Parables of Kierkegaard.
- Written Images: Søren Kierkegaard's Journals, Notebooks, Booklets, Sheets, Scraps, and Slips of Paper.
Other Princeton books by Howard V. Hong: - The Essential Kierkegaard.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, II: The Concept of Irony, with Continual Reference to Socrates/Notes of Schelling's Berlin Lectures.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, III, Part I: Either/Or. Part I.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, IV, Part II: Either/Or: Part II.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, V: Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, VI: Fear and Trembling/Repetition.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, VII: Philosophical Fragments, or a Fragment of Philosophy/Johannes Climacus, or De omnibus dubitandum est. (Two books in one volume).
- Kierkegaard's Writings, X: Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XI: Stages on Life's Way.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XII: Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments, Volume I.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XII: Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments, Volume II.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XIII: The Corsair Affair and Articles Related to the Writings.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XIV: Two Ages: The Age of Revolution and the Present Age A Literary Review.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XV: Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XVI: Works of Love.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XVII: Christian Discourses: The Crisis and a Crisis in the Life of an Actress.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XVIII: Without Authority.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XIX: Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition for Upbuilding and Awakening.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XX: Practice in Christianity.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XXI: For Self-Examination / Judge For Yourself!.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XXII: The Point of View.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XXIII: The Moment and Late Writings.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XXIV: The Book on Adler.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XXVI: Cumulative Index to Kierkegaard`s Writings.
Other Princeton books by Edna H. Hong: - The Essential Kierkegaard.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, II: The Concept of Irony, with Continual Reference to Socrates/Notes of Schelling's Berlin Lectures.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, III, Part I: Either/Or. Part I.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, IV, Part II: Either/Or: Part II.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, V: Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, VI: Fear and Trembling/Repetition.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, VII: Philosophical Fragments, or a Fragment of Philosophy/Johannes Climacus, or De omnibus dubitandum est. (Two books in one volume).
- Kierkegaard's Writings, X: Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XI: Stages on Life's Way.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XII: Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments, Volume I.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XII: Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments, Volume II.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XIII: The Corsair Affair and Articles Related to the Writings.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XIV: Two Ages: The Age of Revolution and the Present Age A Literary Review.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XV: Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XVI: Works of Love.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XVII: Christian Discourses: The Crisis and a Crisis in the Life of an Actress.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XVIII: Without Authority.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XIX: Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition for Upbuilding and Awakening.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XX: Practice in Christianity.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XXI: For Self-Examination / Judge For Yourself!.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XXII: The Point of View.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XXIII: The Moment and Late Writings.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XXIV: The Book on Adler.
- Kierkegaard's Writings, XXVI: Cumulative Index to Kierkegaard`s Writings.
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