Søren Kierkegaard, Gjentagelsen [Repetition]

William McDonald (University of New England)

Ed. by Gerhard P. Knapp, University of Utah
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.3.2: Danish Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Julie Allen (Brigham Young University), Kjerstin Moody (Gustavus Adolphus College), Sven Hakon Rossel (Universitat Wien), Herbert Rowland (Purdue University), Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen (University College London)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1843

Places

Denmark (Country of Origin)

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Kierkegaard published

Repetition

[

Gjentagelsen

]

on 16 October 1843, on the same day as

Fear and Trembling

and

Three Edifying Discourses

. It is published under the pseudonym Constantin Constantius and has the subtitle “A Venture in Experimenting Psychology”. It bears the epigraph “On wild trees, the flowers are fragrant, on cultivated trees, the fruits” (Flavius Philostratus the Elder).

The book is divided into the following sections: Title, subtitle, pseudonym, epigraph, an untitled report by Constantius, a second part titled “Repetition”, seven letters from the young man addressed to “My Silent Confidant”, incidental observations by Constantius, another letter from the young man, an address to Mr N.N. Esquire (the real reader of this book), and a concluding letter from

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Citation: McDonald, William. "Gjentagelsen". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 09 March 2005 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=4961, accessed 19 April 2024.]

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