{"product_id":"the-seducers-diary-paperback","title":"The Seducer's Diary - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSøren Kierkegaard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHoward V. Hong\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eHoward V. Hong\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In the vast literature of love, \u003ci\u003eThe Seducer's Diary\u003c\/i\u003e 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 S ren Kierkegaard's narrative. This work, a chapter from Kierkegaard's first major volume, \u003ci\u003eEither\/Or\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Seducer's Diary\u003c\/i\u003e, then, becomes Kierkegaard's attempt to portray himself as a scoundrel and thus make their break easier for her. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Matters of marriage, the ethical versus the aesthetic, dread, and, increasingly, the severities of Christianity are pondered by Kierkegaard in this intense work.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe text is from \u003cb\u003eHoward V. Hong's\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eEdna H. Hong's\u003c\/b\u003e standard English translation of \u003ci\u003eThe Writings of Kierkegaard\u003c\/i\u003e. The foreword by \u003cb\u003eJohn Updike\u003c\/b\u003e was specifically commissioned for this volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 7.42 x 4.65 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 28, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44796717826150,"sku":"9780691158419","price":20.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/ae2d2OlXxw9780691158419.webp?v=1771178088","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-seducers-diary-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}