Chapter One: Is Works of Love a Work of Love?

Chapter One of the book "Works of Love?: Reflections on Works of Love," by Gene Fendt is presented. It explores the interpretation of Soeren Aabye Kierkegaard's life and authorship of the book "Works of Love," which depicts his confessions. It highlights Kierkegaard's final confession about the brea...

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Published in:Works of Love? Reflection on Works of Love pp. 9 - 20
Main Author: Fendt, Gene
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Digitalia Publishing Corp. 1990
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Summary:Chapter One of the book "Works of Love?: Reflections on Works of Love," by Gene Fendt is presented. It explores the interpretation of Soeren Aabye Kierkegaard's life and authorship of the book "Works of Love," which depicts his confessions. It highlights Kierkegaard's final confession about the breakup with Regina as a religious sacrifice. It indicates that Kierkegaard's confessions are entailed to primarily seduce the readers, which made him into a pre-eminent religious writer of the period.