Volume 12, Tome IV: Kierkegaard's Influence on Literature, Criticism and Art: The Anglophone World

Tome IV examines Kierkegaard's surprisingly extensive influence in the Anglophone world of literature and art, particularly in the United States. His thought appears in the work of the novelists Walker Percy, James Baldwin, Flannery O'Connor, William Styron, Don Delillo, and Louise Erdrich. He has also been used by the famous American literary critics, George Steiner and Harold Bloom. The American composer Samuel Barber made use of Kierkegaard in his musical works. Kierkegaard has also exercised an influence on British and Irish letters. W.H. Auden sought in Kierkegaard ideas for his poetic works, and the contemporary English novelist David Lodge has written a novel Therapy, in which Kierkegaard plays an important role. Cryptic traces of Kierkegaard can also be found in the work of the famous Irish writer James Joyce.

Author: Jon Stewart
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 04/04/2013
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9781409457633

About the Author
Jon Stewart is an Associate Research Professor in the SÃ, ren Kierkegaard Research Centre at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.