Table Of ContentKierKegaard’s influence on
literature, criticism and art
tome V: tHe romance languages,
central and eastern euroPe
Kierkegaard Research: Sources, Reception and Resources
Volume 12, Tome V
Kierkegaard Research: Sources, Reception and Resources
is a publication of the søren Kierkegaard research centre
General Editor
Jon stewart
Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre,
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Editorial Board
finn gredal Jensen
Katalin nun
Peter ŠaJda
Advisory Board
lee c. barrett
maría J. binetti
istVÁn czaKÓ
HeiKo scHulz
curtis l. tHomPson
Kierkegaard’s Influence on
literature, criticism and art
tome V: the romance languages,
central and eastern europe
Edited by
Jon stewart
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Kierkegaard’s influence on literature, criticism and art.
tome V. – (Kierkegaard research ; v. 12)
1. Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813–1855 – Influence. 2. Romance
literature – History and criticism. 3. east european
literature – History and criticism. 4. central european
literature – History and criticism. 5. Philosophy in
literature.
i. series ii. stewart, Jon (Jon bartley)
198.9–dc23
The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
Kierkegaard’s influence on literature, criticism, and art / edited by Jon Stewart.
p. cm.—(Kierkegaard research ; v. 12, t. 5)
includes index.
ISBN 978-1-4094-6514-0 (hardcover) 1. Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813–1855—Influence. 2.
Kierkegaard, søren, 1813–1855—literary art. 3. criticism. i. stewart, Jon (Jon bartley)
b4377.K5124 2012
198’.9—dc23
2012026885
isbn 9781409465140 (hbk)
cover design by Katalin nun
contents
List of Contributors vii
List of Abbreviations ix
ParT I The romanCe Languages
max blecher:
the bizarre adventure of suffering
Leo Stan 3
Jorge luis borges:
the fear without trembling
Eduardo Fernández Villar 21
leonardo l. castellani:
between suero Kirkegord and thomas aquinas
María J. Binetti 33
carlos fuentes:
“Poor mexico, so far away from god and so close to the united states”
Patricia C. Dip 45
fernando Pessoa:
Poets and Philosophers
Elisabete M. de Sousa and António M. Feijó 57
ernesto sábato:
the darker side of Kierkegaardian existence
María J. Binetti 77
maría zambrano:
Kierkegaard and the criticism of modern rationalism
Carmen Revilla and Laura Llevadot 87
vi Kierkegaard’s Influence on Literature, Criticism and Art
ParT II CenTraL anD easTern euroPe
mikhail bakhtin:
direct and indirect reception of Kierkegaard in works of the russian
thinker
Tatiana Shchyttsova 105
Péter esterházy:
semi-serious
András Nagy 121
witold gombrowicz:
the struggle for the authentic self
Wojciech Kaftański 139
ivan Klíma:
“to save my inner world”
Nigel Hatton 157
Péter nádas:
books and memories
András Nagy 169
Pinhas sadeh:
the Poet as “the single individual”
Sharon Krishek 189
Index of Persons 199
Index of Subjects 205
list of contributors
maría J. Binetti, CONICET (“Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones científicas y
técnicas”), federico lacroze 2100, c1426cPs, buenos aires, argentina.
Patricia C. Dip, instituto de ciencias, universidad de general sarmiento, Juan
m. gutierrez 1150, (1613) los Polvorines, buenos aires, argentina.
antónio m. Feijó, faculdade de letras da universidade de lisboa, alameda da
universidade, 1600-214 lisbon, Portugal.
eduardo Fernández Villar, universidad nacional de mar del Plata, facultad de
Humanidades, departamento de filosofía, funes 3350, c.P. 7600, mar del Plata –
buenos aires, argentina.
nigel hatton, school of social sciences, Humanities and arts, university of
california, merced, 5200 north lake road, merced, ca 95343, usa.
Wojciech Kaftański, australian catholic university, faculty of theology and
Philosophy, locked bag 4115 dc, fitzroy Victoria 3065, melbourne, australia.
Sharon Krishek, ben-gurion university of the negev, P.o.b. 653 beer-sheva,
84105 israel.
Laura Llevadot, Departament d’Historia de la Filosofia, Estetica i Filosofia de la
Cultura, Facultat de Filosofia, Universitat de Barcelona, c/ Montalegre, 6, 08001
barcelona, spain.
andrás nagy, theater department, Pannon university, egyetem utca 10, 8200
Veszprém, Hungary.
Carmen revilla, Departament d’Historia de la Filosofia, Estetica i Filosofia de la
Cultura, Facultat de Filosofia, Universitat de Barcelona, c/ Montalegre, 6, 08001
barcelona, spain.
Tatiana shchyttsova, european Humanities university, tauro str. 12, lt-01114
Vilnius, lithuania.
elisabete m. de sousa, Centro de Filosofia da Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade
de letras, alameda da universidade, 1600-214 lisbon, Portugal.
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Leo stan, centre for the study of theory and criticism, university of western
ontario, somerville House, rm. 2345a, london, ontario n6a 3K7, canada.
list of abbreviations
Danish Abbreviations
B&A Breve og Aktstykker vedrørende Søren Kierkegaard, vols. 1–2, ed. by niels
thulstrup, copenhagen: munksgaard 1953–54.
Bl.art. S. Kierkegaard’s Bladartikler, med Bilag samlede efter Forfatterens Død,
udgivne som Supplement til hans øvrige Skrifter, ed. by rasmus nielsen,
copenhagen: c.a. reitzel 1857.
EP Af Søren Kierkegaards Efterladte Papirer, vols. 1–9, ed. by H.P. barfod
and Hermann gottsched, copenhagen: c.a. reitzel 1869–81.
Pap. Søren Kierkegaards Papirer, vols. i to Xi–3, ed. by Peter andreas Heiberg,
Victor Kuhr and einer torsting, copenhagen: gyldendalske boghandel,
nordisk forlag, 1909–48; second, expanded ed., vols. i to Xi–3, by niels
thulstrup, vols. Xii to Xiii supplementary volumes, ed. by niels thulstrup,
vols. XiV to XVi index by niels Jørgen cappelørn, copenhagen: gyldendal
1968–78.
SKS Søren Kierkegaards Skrifter, vols. 1–28, vols. K1–K28, ed. by niels
Jørgen cappelørn, Joakim garff, Jette Knudsen, Johnny Kondrup, alastair
mcKinnon and finn Hauberg mortensen, copenhagen: gads forlag
1997–2013.
SV1 Samlede Værker, ed. by a.b. drachmann, Johan ludvig Heiberg and
H.o. lange, vols. i–XiV, copenhagen: gyldendalske boghandels forlag
1901–06.
English Abbreviations
AN Armed Neutrality, trans. by Howard V. Hong and edna H. Hong, Princeton:
Princeton university Press 1998.
AR On Authority and Revelation, The Book on Adler, trans. by walter lowrie,
Princeton: Princeton university Press 1955.
