Description
Presented as the calculated journal of a charming but morally elusive seducer, this intense work traces the stages of a deliberate courtship while probing the motives behind desire, manipulation, and emotional surrender. Beneath its elegant surface lies a searching philosophical drama about the conflict between aesthetic pleasure and ethical responsibility, as well as the anxiety and dread that accompany intimate choice. Drawing on themes of love, marriage, sacrifice, and Christian seriousness, the narrative uses irony and indirect communication to challenge the reader’s assumptions about sincerity and moral identity. Both psychological portrait and philosophical experiment, it exemplifies the provocative literary style that made its author a defining voice in existential thought.
Available Editions
paperback
Princeton University Press
Published Jan 1, 1997
214 pages
ISBN: 9780691017372
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Details
First Published
1843
Language
eng
Translation
From: dan
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Seducer's Diary by Søren Kierkegaard.