Kierkegaard's Writings, XXII, Volume 22: The Point of View
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Kierkegaard's Writings, XXII, Volume 22: The Point of View
By (Author) Sren Kierkegaard
Edited and translated by Howard V. Hong
Edited and translated by Edna H. Hong
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
6th October 2009
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
198.9
Physical Properties
Paperback
376
Width 140mm, Height 216mm
454g
Description
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.
Reviews
"These new translations are excellent."--Choice "The definitive edition of the Writings. The first volume ... indicates the scholarly value of the entire series: an introduction setting the work in the context of Kierkegaard's development; a remarkably clear translation; and concluding sections of intelligent notes."--Library Journal
Author Bio
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.
