Isak Dinesen Reading Søren Kierkegaard: On Christianity, Seduction, Gender, and Repetition
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Isak Dinesen Reading Søren Kierkegaard : On Christianity, Seduction, Gender, and Repetition. / Bunch, Mads.
Cambridge, UK : Maney Publishing, 2017. 198 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
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TY - BOOK
T1 - Isak Dinesen Reading Søren Kierkegaard
T2 - On Christianity, Seduction, Gender, and Repetition
AU - Bunch, Mads
PY - 2017/4/3
Y1 - 2017/4/3
N2 - Not only did Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen, 1885-1962) read the works of her fellow-countryman, the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), closely, she also created a surprisingly large number of tales that critically engage Kierkegaard’s works. In this thorough comparative study, Mads Bunch uncovers Dinesen’s exploration of Kierkegaard and shows how Dinesen in her tales subverts major ideas from Kierkegaard’s works concerning Christianity, seduction, gender and repetition. Bunch also shows how Dinesen’s critical engagement with the ideas of Kierkegaard runs throughout her oeuvre and develops from the early tale ‘Carnival’ (1926-27) to ‘The Dreamers’ (1934), ‘The Pearls’ (1942), ‘Babette’s Feast’ (1950) and her last tale ‘Ehrengard’ (1963). Bunch’s close readings reveal that Dinesen’s ironical counter-tales concerning Kierkegaard border at times on sheer parody.
AB - Not only did Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen, 1885-1962) read the works of her fellow-countryman, the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), closely, she also created a surprisingly large number of tales that critically engage Kierkegaard’s works. In this thorough comparative study, Mads Bunch uncovers Dinesen’s exploration of Kierkegaard and shows how Dinesen in her tales subverts major ideas from Kierkegaard’s works concerning Christianity, seduction, gender and repetition. Bunch also shows how Dinesen’s critical engagement with the ideas of Kierkegaard runs throughout her oeuvre and develops from the early tale ‘Carnival’ (1926-27) to ‘The Dreamers’ (1934), ‘The Pearls’ (1942), ‘Babette’s Feast’ (1950) and her last tale ‘Ehrengard’ (1963). Bunch’s close readings reveal that Dinesen’s ironical counter-tales concerning Kierkegaard border at times on sheer parody.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Karen Blixen
KW - Søren Kierkegaard
KW - Gender
KW - Christianity
KW - repetition
KW - seduction
KW - Isak Dinesen
KW - Babettes gæstebud
KW - Drømmerne
KW - Karneval
KW - En Historie om en Perle
KW - Ehrengard
KW - Forførerens Dagbog
KW - Gjentagelsen
KW - In vino veritas
KW - Enten-Eller
KW - Either/Or
KW - The Pearls
KW - The Dreamers
KW - Babette's Feast
KW - Carnival
UR - http://www.mhra.org.uk/publications/Isak-Dinesen-Reading-S%C3%B8ren-Kierkegaard
M3 - Book
SN - 978-1-781884-93-5
BT - Isak Dinesen Reading Søren Kierkegaard
PB - Maney Publishing
CY - Cambridge, UK
ER -
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