ISBN: 9780691058559 0691058555

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Philosophers

Page count: 351

<p>As a spiritual autobiography, Kierkegaard's <i>The Point of View for My Work as an Author</i> stands among such great works as Augustine's <i>Confessions</i> and Newman's <i>Apologia pro Vita Sua</i>. Yet <i>Point of View</i> 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.</p><br><p> Upon the imminent publication of the second edition of <i>Either/Or</i>, 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 <i>Point of View</i>, which was published posthumously, the present volume also contains <i>On My Work as an Author</i>, a contemporary substitute, and the companion piece <i>Armed Neutrality</i>.</p>