Kierkegaard's Writings, I, Volume 1 : : Early Polemical Writings / / Søren Kierkegaard; ed. by Julia Watkin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Kierkegaard, Søren,
• HerausgeberIn: Watkin, Julia,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009]; ©1990
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Kierkegaard's Writings ; 64
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)

Early Polemical Writings covers the young Kierkegaard's works from 1834 through 1838. His authorship begins, as it was destined to end, with polemic. Kierkegaard's first published article touches on the theme of women's emancipation, and the other articles from his student years deal with freedom of the press. Modern readers can see the seeds of Kierkegaard's future career these early pieces. In "From the Papers of One Still Living," his review of Hans Christian Andersen's novel Only a Fiddler, Kierkegaard rejects the notion that environment is decisive in determining the fate of genius. He also puts forward his belief that each person needs a life-view or life for which and by which to live, a thought he explores further in the comic play The Battle between the Old and the New Soap-Cellars.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Historical Introduction -- I. Articles from Student Days, 1834-1836 -- Another Defense of Woman's Great Abilities -- The Morning Observations In Kjøbenhavnsposten No. 43 -- On The Polemic Of Fædrelandet -- To Mr. Orla Lehmann -- Addendum. Our Journalistic Literature -- II. From the Papers of One Still Living -- Preface -- Andersen as a Novelist -- III. The Battle between the Old and the New Soap-Cellars -- The Battle between the Old and the New Soap-Cellars -- Supplement -- Key to References -- Background Material Pertaining to Articles, Addendum, and From the Papers of One Still Living -- Original Title Page of From the Papers of One Still Living and Draft First Pages of The Battle between the Old and the New Soap-Cellars -- Selected Entries from Kierkegaard's Journals and Papers Pertaining to Articles, Addendum, and From the Papers of One Still Living -- Editorial Appendix -- Acknowledgments -- Collation of The Articles in The Danish Editions of Kierkegaard's Collected Works -- Collation of From The Papers of One Still Living in The Danish Editions of Kierkegaard's Collected Works -- Notes -- Bibliographical Note -- Index -- Advisory Board