A Select Bibliography

"It was intelligence and nothing else that had to be opposed. Presumably that is why I, who had the job, was armed with an immense intelligence" (from the Journals).

Primary Sources

• Af Søren Kierkegaards Efterladte Papirer [From the Posthumous Papers of Søren Kierkegaard] (8 volumes)
  Barfod, Hans Peter and Hermann Gottsched, edd. Copenhagen: 1869-81.
• Søren Kierkegaards Skrifter (55 volumes)
  Cappelørn, Niels Jørgen, Joakim Garff, Jette Knudsen, Johnny Kondrup and Alastair McKinnon
  Gads Forlag, 1997 to present
  This series (in process) will contain the complete works of Kierkegaard in 28 volumes with 27 volumes of commentary, and is due to be completed in 2009. It contains everything that Kierkegaard wrote, both the works which he himself had published and the works which he wished to be published after his death or left unfinished. In addition to these there are his journals, notebooks, and loose papers along with letters and biographical documents. Thus, this is an edition which collects what has until now been published in three separate editions, Samlede Væker, Papirer, and Breve og Aktstykker. All of the works mentioned at this website's "A Commentary On Kierkegaard's Writings" are numbered according to this edition.
• Søren Kierkegaards Samlede Værker [Søren Kierkegaard's Collected Works] (14 volumes)
  Drachmann, A. B., J. L. Heiberg and H. O. Lange edd. Copenhagen: Gyldendal, First Edition, 1901-06.
  This is the complete set of Kierkegaard's published works in Danish. All of the works mentioned at this website's "A Commentary On Kierkegaard's Writings" are numbered according to this edition. The second edition is dated 1920-36. There is a third edition in 20 volumes, 1962-64, reprinted 1978.
• The Journals of Kierkegaard
  Dru, Alexander ed. Oxford University Press, 1938. These are selections from the voluminous journals.
• Papers and Journals: A Selection
  Hannay, Alastair ed. Penguin, 1996. This is a one volume selection from the Journals and papers.
• Søren Kierkegaards Papirer [Søren Kierkegaard's Papers] (16 volumes)
  Heiberg, P. A., V. Kuhr, E. Torsting, N. Thulstrup and N. J. Cappelørn edd. Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1909-48; 1968-70; 1975-78. This is a collection (in Danish) of the complete journals (diaries) and papers (projected, but posthumous) works of Kierkegaard, including an index in three volumes.
• Kierkegaard's Writings (26 volumes)
  Hong, H. V. ed. Princeton University Press, 1978-1998.
  The current scholarly series of Kierkegaard's writings translated in English, with introductions, notes and relevant journal entries. The Howard and Edna Hong Kierkegaard Library at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, USA has spearheaded this work. All of the works mentioned at this web site's "A Commentary On Kierkegaard's Writings" are numbered according to this edition.
• Søren Kierkegaard's Journals and Papers (7 volumes)
  Hong, H. V. and Edna H. Hong edd., assisted by G. Malantschuk, index by N. Hong and C. Barker. Indiana University Press, 1967-78. Currently, this is the closest thing we have to the complete journals in English.
• S. Kierkegaards Bladartikler med Bilag samlede efter Forfatterens Død, udgivne som Supplement til hans øvrige Skrifter [S. Kierkegaard's Newspaper Articles, with an appendix collected after the Author's Death: Published as a Supplement to His Other Writings]
  Nielsen, Rasmus, ed. Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1968-78
• Breve og Aktstykker vedrørende Søren Kierkegaard [Letters and Documents Pertaining to Søren Kierkegaard] (2 volumes)
  Thulstrup, N. ed. Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1953-54.
  Kierkegaard's collected correspondence. This is translated in one volume in Kierkegaard's Writings (see above), vol. 25.

Secondary Sources

Publications and Serials

• International Kierkegaard Newsletter, 1979-present
  This journal is edited by Julia Watkin, who is the director of the Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre in Australia.
• Kierkegaardiana
  This publication is published by The Søren Kierkegaard Society in Denmark and The Department of Søren Kierkegaard Research, University of Copenhagen.
• International Kierkegaard Commentary (in progress)
  Perkins, Robert L. ed. Mercer University Press, 1980-present.
  Commentaries on the works of Kierkegaard using the texts of Kierkegaard's Writings (see above).
• Bibliotheca Kierkegaardiana
  Niels Thulstrup and Marie Milulavá Thulstrup edd. C.A. Reitzels Boghandel A/S, Copenhagen, 1978-88.
  This is a series of books in 16 volumes on major Kierkegaardian topics.

1. Kierkegaard's View of Christianity
2. The Sources and Depths of Faith in Kierkegaard
3. Concepts and Alternatives in Kierkegaard
4. Kierkegaard and Speculative Idealism
5. Theological Concepts in Kierkegaard
6. Kierkegaard and Great Traditions
7. Kierkegaard and Human Values
8. The Legacy and Interpretation of Kierkegaard
9. Kierkegaard Literary Miscellany
10. Kierkegaard's Teachers
11. The Copenhagen of Kierkegaard
12. Kierkegaard as a Person
13. Kierkegaard and the Church in Denmark
14. Kierkegaard's Classical Inspiration
15. Kierkegaard Research
16. Some of Kierkegaard's Main Categories

Books

• Kierkegaard: Construction of the Aesthetic
  Adorno, T. W. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1989.
• Aparté: Conceptions and Deaths of Søren Kierkegaard
  Agacinski, Sylviane, Tallahassee: Florida State University Press, 1988.
• Kierkegaard's Authorship
  Arbaugh, G. B. and G. E. Illinois: Augustana College Library, 1967.
• Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy
  Barrett, William. Double Day Anchor, 1962.
  This is a relatively compact and excellent standard on existentialism, containing a section on SK.
• Freedom and Its Misuses: Kierkegaard on Anxiety and Despair
  Beabout, Gregory. Marquette, 1996.
• The Genealogy of Violence: Reflections on Creation, Freedom, and Evil
  Bellinger, Charles. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
• Kierkegaard and The Problem Of Writing
  Bigelow, P. Tallahassee: Florida State University Press, 1987.
• Six Existentialist Thinkers
  Blackham, H. J. London, 1952.
• Søren Kierkegaard. En kritisk Fremstilling i Grundrids
  Brandes, Georg. Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1877.
• Søren Kierkegaard: His Life, His Works
  Brandt, Frithiof. Det Danske Selskab. Danish Institute for Cultural Cooperation with Other Countries, 1963.
  A serviceable and brief introduction to the Dane.
• The Burden of Søren Kierkegaard
  Carnell, Edward J. Eerdmans, 1965.
• Pseudonymie et Paradoxe: La Pensée Dialectique de Kierkegaard
  Clair, A. Paris: J. Vrin, 1976.
• The Mind of Kierkegaard
  Collins, James. Princeton University Press, 1953.
  A standard on Kierkegaardian thought.
• To Be One Thing: Personal Unity in Kierkegaard's Thought
  Connell, George B. Mercer University Press, 1985.
• Foundations of Kierkegaard's Vision of Community
  Connell, George B. and C. Stephen Evans edd. Humanities Press, 1992.
• Glimpses and Impressions of Kierkegaard
  Croxall, Thomas H. Welwym, Herts: Nisbet, 1959.
• Kierkegaard Commentary
  Croxall, Thomas H. New York: Harper, 1956.
• Kierkegaard Studies
  Croxall, Thomas H. Lutterworth, 1948.
• Kierkegaard's Dialectic of Existence
  Diem, Hermann. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1959.
• Kierkegaard's Dialectic of Inwardness: A Structural Analysis of the Theory of Stages
  Dunning, Stephen N. Princeton University Press: Princeton, 1985.
• Kierkegaard as Theologian
  Dupre, Lewis K. London: Sheed and Ward, 1963.
• Being and Existence in Kierkegaard's Pseudonymous Works
  Elrod, John W. Princeton: New Jersey, 1975.
• Kierkegaard and Christendom
  Elrod, John W. Princeton: New Jersey, 1981.
• Kierkegaard and the Concept of Revelation
  Emmanuel, Steven M. State University of New York Press: Albany, 1996.
• Kierkegaard's "Fragments" and "Postscript": The Religious Philosophy of Johannes Climacus
  Evans, C. Stephen. Humanities Press, 1983.
• Kierkegaard, The Myths and Their Origins
  Fenger, Henning. Yale University Press, 1980.
• Melancholy and the Critique of Modernity: Søren Kierkegaard's Religious Psychology
  Ferguson, Harvie. London and New York: Routledge, 1995.
• Transforming Vision: Imagination and Will in Kierkegaardian Faith
  Ferreira, M. J. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991.
• The Anti-Christianity of Kierkegaard
  Garelick, H. M. The Hague: Matinus Nijhoff, 1965.
• SAK: Søren Aabye Kierkegaard, En biographi
  Garff, Joachim. Gads Forlag, 2000.
• Søren Kierkegaard: A Biography Garff, Joachim, tr. Bruce H. Kirmmse. Princeton University Press, 2005.
  Translation of above work.
• Den søvnløse: Kierkegaard læst æstetisk/biografisk
  Garff, Joachim. Copenhagen: C. A. Reitzels Forlag, 1995.
• Kierkegaard
  Gardiner, Patrick. Oxford University Press, 1988.
  A compact biography and introduction to SK's thought.
• Essays on Kierkegaard
  Gill, Jerry H. ed. Burgess Publishing Co.: Minneapolis, 1969.
• In Search of Authenticity: From Kierkegaard to Camus
  Golomb, Jacob. Routledge, 1995.
• Kierkegaard As Religious Thinker: Passions, Virtues and Praxis
  Gouwens, David J. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 1996.
• Kierkegaard The Cripple
  Haecker, Theodor. New York: Philosophical Library, 1950.
• Word and Spirit: A Kierkegaardian Critique of the Modern Age
  Hall, Ronald L. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993.
• The Cambridge Companion to Kierkegaard
  Hannay, Alastair and Gordon Marino edd. Cambridge University Press, 1997.
• Kierkegaard
  Hannay, Alastair. Routledge Kegan and Paul, 1983.
• Søren Kierkegaards Hemmelighed og Eksisrensdialektic
  Hansen Leif Bork. Copenhagen: C. A. Reitzels Forlag, 1994.
• Existentialism and the Modern Predicament
  Heinemann, F. H. London, 1953.
• Kierkegaards Romaner
  Henriksen, Aage. Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1969.
• Søren Kierkegaard: International Bibliographi
  Himmelstrup, J. and K. Birket-Smith. Copenhagen: Nyt Nordisk Forlag, 1962.
• A Kierkegaard Critique
  Johnson, H. A. and Niels Thulstrup, edd. New York: Harper, 1962.
• Existence Through Style: Perspectives of a Primary Relation, Portrayed Through the Work of Søren Kierkegaard
  King, G. Heath and Timothy Kircher. Marquette University Press, 1996.
• Kierkegaard in Golden Age Denmark
  Kirmmse, Bruce H. Indianapolis University Press, 1990.
  This work pays great attention to the social and political context of Kierkegaard's Denmark, devoting the first half of the work to this essential groundwork. It is not quite a biography, but is more of an analysis of SK's later works in their political context. It also refutes some of the well-worn conclusions of Lowrie et al on Kierkegaard's relationship with his father and Regine Olsen. This is an essential work for historical research.
• Encounters with Kierkegaard: A Life as Seen by His Contemporaries
  Kirmmse, Bruce H. ed. (with assistance from V. R. Laursen). Princeton University Press, 1996.
  This is a collection of every known eyewitness account of the great Danish thinker.
• Studies on the Philosophy of Kierkegaard
  Kleinke, E. D. The Hague: Martin Nijhof, 1976.
• Søren Kierkegaard and His Critics: An International Bibliography of Criticism
  Lapointe, F. H. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1980.
• Kierkegaard: A Life of Allegory
  Lebowitz, Naomi. Louisiana University State Press, 1985.
• Kierkegaard (2 volumes)
  Lowrie, Walter. London, Oxford University Press, 1938.
  The standard work on Kierkegaard in English.
• A Short Life of Kierkegaard
  Lowrie, Walter. Princeton University Press, 1942, 1970.
  An old favorite, roughly one quarter the size of the longer work (above).
• Kierkegaard: A Kind of Poet
  Mackey, Louis. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1971.
• Points of View: Readings of Kierkegaard
  Mackey, Louis. Florida State University Press, 1986.
• In Search of Deity: An Essay in Dialectical Theism
  Macquarrie, John. New York: Crossroad Publishing Company, 1985.
• Existentialism
  Macquarrie, John. New York: Penguin, 1972.
• Frihed og Eksistens. Studier i Søren Kierkegaards tænkning
  Malantschuk, Gregor. Copenhagen: C. A. Reitzels Forlag, 1980.
• Receiving Søren Kierkegaard: The Early Impact and Transmission of His Thought
  Malik, Habib C. The Catholic University of America Press, 1997.
• Kierkegaard's Anthropology
  Marino, Gordon. Marquette University Press, 1996.
• Postnational Identity: Critical Theory and Existential Philosophy in Habermas, Kierkegaard, and Havel
  Matuštík, Martin J. New York and London: The Guilford Press, 1993.
• Kierkegaard Indices (4 volumes)
  McKinnon, Alastair. Brill, 1970-75.
• Kierkegaard and the Bible: An Index
  Minear, Paul S. and Paul S. Morimoto. Princeton, 1953.
• Existentialism as Philosophy
  Molina, F. Prentice-Hall, 1963.
• Where The Passion Is: A Reading of Kierkegaard's Philosophical Fragments
  Nielsen, H. A. Florida State University Press, 1983.
• Kierkegaard's Psychology
  Nordentoft, Kresten. Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 1978.
• The Humor of Kierkegaard: An Anthology
  Oden, Thomas C. ed. Princeton University Press, 2004.
• An Introduction to Existentialism
  Olson, R. G. New York, 1962.
• Kierkegaard: The Aesthetic and the Religious
  Pattison, George. London: Macmillan, 1992.
• From Luther to Kierkegaard: A Study in the History of Theology
  Pelikan, Jaroslav. St. Louis: Concordia, 1967.
• The Logic of Subjectivity
  Pojman, Louis. University of Alabama Press, 1984.
• Religious Belief and the Will
  Pojman, Louis. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1986.
• The Biblical Kierkegaard: Reading by the Rule of Faith
  Polk, Timothy. Mercer University Press, 1997.
• The Laughter Is on My Side: An Imaginative Introduction to Kierkegaard
  Poole, R. and H. Stangerup edd. Princeton University Press, 1989.
  An alternative to the more solemn introductions to Søren Kierkegaard. The editors have rearranged some passages to form an entertaining "text-narrative".
• Kierkegaard's Vision of the Incarnation: By Faith Transformed
  Rae, Murray. Clarendon Press, 1997.
• Auktionsprotokol over Søren Kierkegaards Bogsamling
  Rohde, H. P. ed. Copenhagen: Royal Library, 1976.
  This is a list of the works that were in Kierkegaard's personal library.
• Søren Kierkegaard: An Introduction to His Life and Philosophy
  Rohde, H. P. Trans. A. M. Williams. London: Allen Unwin, 1963.
  
• Kierkegaard og Goethe
  Roos, Carl. Copenhagen: Gads Forlag, 1955.
• Scripture in the Thought of Søren Kierkegaard
  Rosas III, L. Joseph. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1994.
  This also serves as a concise introduction to Kierkegaard.
• Kierkegaard and the Limits of the Ethical
  Rudd, Anthony. Oxford University Press, 1997.
• Kierkegaard For Beginners, Either/Or: A Reading Introduction
  Schillnger-Kind, Asa A. Deutsche Taschenbuch Verlag, 1997.
• Kierkegaard and Literature: Irony, Repetition, and Criticism
  Schleifer, R. and R. Markley, edd. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1984.
• Kierkegaard and Consciousness
  Shmuëli, Adi. Princeton University Press, 1971.
• A Kierkegaard Handbook
  Sontag, Frederick. Philadelphia: John Knox, 1980.
• Kierkegaard on Christ and Christian Coherence
  Sponheim, Paul. London: SCM, 1968.
• Søren Kierkegaard
  Stendhal, Brita K. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1976.
• Both/And: Reading Kierkegaard from Irony to Edification
  Strawser, Michael. Fordham University Press, 1996.
• Faith and Reason in Kierkegaard
  Sullivan, F. R. University Press of America, 1978.
• Kierkegaard's Pseudonymous Authorship: A Study of Time and the Self
  Taylor, Mark C. Princeton University Press: Princeton, 1975.
• Journeys to Selfhood: Hegel and Kierkegaard
  Taylor, Mark C. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1980.
• Kierkegaard
  Thompson, Josiah. London, Gollancz, 1974.
• Kierkegaard: A Collection of Critical Essays
  Thompson, Josiah. New York: Doubleday (Anchor Books), 1972.
• Kierkegaard's Philosophy of Religion
  Thomte, Reidar. Greenwood Press, Publishers: New York: 1969.
• Kierkegaard and the Church in Denmark
  Thulstrup, Niels. Copenhagen: Reitzel, 1984.
• Kierkegaard's Relation to Hegel
  Thulstrup, Niels. Princeton University Press, 1980.
• The Crowd Is Untruth: The Existential Critique of Mass Society in the Thought of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Ortega Y Gasset
  Tuttle, Howard N. Peter Lang Publishers, 1996.
• Écoute, Kierkegaard: Essai sur la communication de la parole (2 volumes)
  Viallaneix, Nelly. Paris: Éditions du Cerf, 1979.
• Études Kierkegaardiennes
  Wahl, J. Paris: J. Vrin, 4th edition, 1974.
• Kierkegaard: The Descent Into God
  Walker, Jeremy. McGill-Queens University Press, 1985.
• Living Poetically: Kierkegaard's Existential Aesthetics
  Walsh, Sylvia. University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1994.
• Existentialist Ethics
  Warnock, Mary. London and New York, 1967.
• Becoming a Self
  Westphal, Merold. Purdue University Press, 1996.
• Kierkegaard and Heidegger: The Ontology of Existence
  Wyschogrod, Michael. New York: Humanities Press, 1954.

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