Writing Sampler

Writing Sampler

"Writing Sampler" was an unpublished work by the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard. The pseudonymous author attached to the "Sampler" is "A.B.C.D.E.F. Godthaab". "Sampler" was intended to be a sequel to the "Prefaces" which was published in 1844. It was translated and published posthumously in English in 1997.Kierkegaard, Søren. "Prefaces/Writing Sampler", Princeton University Press, 1997, ISBN 0691048274]

"Writing Sampler" was intended to emphasize the ironic and satirical elements of the "Prefaces". It is also a historical social commentary of life in Copenhagen in the 1840s, and it references people and events of note at the time. In particular, it focuses on the relationship between the esthetic and religious stages of life.

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